Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Does it Again. With Animals!

Just received via Rumormillnews:

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 behavior. They give great classes for anyone who’d like to adopt an animal.  He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.

The  best part?  His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million.

The  prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour  for working, but most would work for free, just  to be out of their cells for the day. Most of  his budget is for utilities, building  maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of  the fees collected for adopted animals.

I  have long wondered when the rest of the country  would take a look at the way he runs the jail  system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a  huge farm, donated to the county years ago,  where inmates can work, and they grow most of  their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all  the work and harvesting by hand.

He  has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides  meat, and fertilizer.  It fertilizes the  Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 -  $8 for the Holidays, and plant it later.

HE  IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER
THIS  IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

Sheriff  Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who created the ‘ Tent  City Jail’: He has jail meals down to 40  cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.

He  stopped smoking and porno magazines in the  jails. Took away their weights Cut off all but  ‘G’ movies.

He  started chain gangs so the inmates could do free  work on county and city projects.

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 Up The Cable TV Again Only  Let In The Disney Channel And The Weather  Channel.

When  asked why 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 Since 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.’
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Wow.

You realize, of course, that it’s only a matter of time until some legal genius sues the county, claiming that prisoners shouldn’t have to work and that this is slave labor or some such nonsense.

The man is a genius.  The article doesn’t mention the benefit of having pets in the first place.  They help lower blood pressure, calm people down, help people to appreciate other life, and make a house a home.

It’s weird but true: Pets are the only love money can buy.