Was that propaganda taken directly from an Arpaio press release? First, yes, I stand by the shocking proposition that the state should pay for state prisons -- if you don't want to spend so much money on them, don't send so many people to prison over stupid trout for ridiculous lengths of time. Second, the only people who think prison is enjoyable are white TV commentators; as someone who has actually been to a variety of jails and prisons in states which do not have Arpaio's asinine policies and have interacted with hundreds of inmates, I call bulltrout on that. Some locally-run, low-security places aren't bad, but state-controlled prisons are miserable places.Originally Posted by Bert
So you'd like to go back to prisons paying for the food we feed prisoners instead of them paying for their own? You want them to have porn back instead of being made to watch g rated movies only? I think joe is doing a great job. Jail should not be a place to enjoy. You should never want to go back there and that's how he's making it.
Lastly, if that were all Joe Arpaio did, he wouldn't be the evil, power-hungry bigot he is. Instead, he encourages racial profiling and harassing non-whites without any individualized suspicion of criminal activity; he houses some inmates outdoors, regardless of excessive heat during the summer or cold during the winter; and he has a history of abusing his position for political gain, including one incident of having a judge arrested after unfavorable rulings. He only maintains his power by feeding off of uninformed prejudice.
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