Arizona (Sheriff) Joe

You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona, who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........

SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN! 

Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay. The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behaviour and they give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. The prisoners get the benefit of 28 cents an hour for working, but most would work for free just to be out of their cells for the day with the cats and dogs.

Sheriff Joe also has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago where inmates can work and grow most of their own fresh vegetables. He has a pretty good sized hog farm which provides meat, and fertilizer …… for the plants.

He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them. 
He stopped smoking and the distribution of porno magazines in the jails and took away their weights and cut off all but 'G' movies. He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects and then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination! He took away cable TV until he found out there was a Federal Court order that required Cable TV for jails, so he hooked it back up again, but showing only the Disney Channel and The Weather Channel. When asked why he showed the weather channel he replied, 'so they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs'.

He cut off coffee as it has zero nutritional value. When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This isn't The Ritz/Carlton.....if you don't like it, don't come back.' With temperatures being even hotter than usual in the jail’s tents (116 Degrees), the Associated Press reported that  about 2,000 inmates had been allowed to strip down  to their government-issued pink boxer shorts but were still complaining about the heat.
He told all of the inmates: 'It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths!' Way To Go, Sheriff! 

 Thanks to my mate Dave Smith who sent me this from the US.