No, I'm NOT proud...
I debated whether or not to include this... but if we are discussing how bizarre life can be in
We have a very well known (infamous, if you will) Sherriff in
Sheriff Arpaio, years ago, decided we were (as a city) spending too much money on the prison system; and thus came up with new ways he felt would both deter crime and cut costs.
And so was born "
Step number one was to take away things that are normally found in jails - such as coffee. Apparently denying them coffee saves us, the taxpayers, $150,000 a year. Other prohibited items include cigarettes, adult magazines, hot lunches and TV; with the exception to this being the Sheriff's own bedtime story reading, a self-styled literacy program broadcast nightly to the inmates.
What the inmates DO get to eat, is a lot of bologna sandwiches - but not just any bologna, really, really bad bologna (like any is very good) this is so bad, it is in fact, GREEN. Green bologna. That is what they are given to eat. The sheriff is very proud of the fact that the guard dog's meals cost more each day, at $1.10 worth of food, than the inmates meals, at a grand total of 90 cents worth of food - total, per day.
Inmates are required to wear black and white striped outfits - like you used to see in old movies. Underneath these silly costumes? Pink underwear.
"Sheriff Joe", as he is well known, has also brought back the classic "chain gain"; these inmates do a great many hours of work along the freeways every day, in their black and white outfits. Should you come to
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