phrozen said:
He also makes his inmates sleep outdoors(in the AZ desert) and wear pink jumpsuits.
"Many civil libertarians denounce him for what they believe to be a willingness to ignore constitutional rights in favor of blind enforcement. Arpaio has stated that his goal is to have the most populated jail in the country."
"After his stints with the local police forces of Washington and Las Vegas, Arpaio obtained a job as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, working with DEA for 32 years."
"America's Toughest Sheriff"
During his tenure as Maricopa County Sheriff, Arpaio has instituted or strengthened several community programs to lower crime and protect the safety of citizens, such as:
bicycle registration,
block watches,
child identification and fingerprinting,
Operation Identification (for marking valuables),
Operation Notification (which identifies business owners during times of emergency),
Project Lifeline (which provides free cellular phones to domestic violence victims),
S.T.A.R.S. (Sheriffs Teaching Abuse Resistance to Students), an anti-drug campaign, and
an annual summer camp for kids near Payson. "
"Arpaio has also included on the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office website an online "deck of cards" featuring pictures of deadbeat parents, amounts owed and last known whereabouts. Later, he published mugshots of all inmates booked into the county jail, which are available for viewing on the county website."
"Arpaio believes that inmates should be treated as harshly as legally possible to emphasize the punishment aspect of their incarceration. Thus, upon his initial election Arpaio began instituting the controversial changes for which he would later become noted."
"Arpaio began to serve inmates surplus food (mainly outdated and oxidized green bologna)[1] and limited meals to twice daily. Meal costs would be reduced to 90 cents per day; as of 2007 Arpaio states that he has managed to reduce costs to 30 cents per day. Certain food items were banned from the county jail, mainly coffee (which also reduced 'coffee attacks' on guards),"
Anyone interested should really check out his wiki page, this guy seems to be the premiere dickhead sheriff of our country. Those were just random cut/pastes, there's a whole lot worse on this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio