Do You Think Sheriff Joe Should Give Inmates An EXTRA Baloney Sandwich, For Picking Up The Illegals Garbage???

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Judi Villa
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 1, 2006 12:00 AM

Water bottles. Sleeping bags. Empty food containers.

It's an unsightly mess left behind at temporary campsites set up by illegal immigrants trekking through Maricopa County's desert areas.

And starting today, about 200 jail inmates will be cleaning it up.

Dubbed "Operation I.C.U.," because the desert requires "intensive care," Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the desert trash pickup is a new phase in his fight against illegal immigration and an effort to improve the environment at the same time. The "Illegal Alien Campsite Clean Up" will occur monthly.

"These people are coming here illegally. They're breaking the law, and they're destroying our desert," Arpaio said. "It's disgusting."

Deputies have been coming across campsites and snapping photos of the filth since Arpaio's anti-human-smuggling unit began looking for and arresting illegal immigrants in March. So far, 351 illegal immigrants have been jailed, and Arpaio said their mess needs to be cleaned up.

Deputy Chief Brian Sands estimates there are about 15 large illegal campsites in the western part of the county. They are used as "drop zones" and temporary staging areas for illegal immigrants. The immigrants will stay there anywhere from a couple of hours to several days, until they can be picked up and transported to their destinations. They usually leave in a hurry, dumping blankets and other trash. In some areas, trash piles are knee deep.

"There's all these little campsites over the years that have turned into this big mess," Sands said.

Illegal dumping not only ruins views but threatens the health of people who live or play there; over time, it pollutes the ground and groundwater.

Offenders who dump trash rarely are caught, and cleanups are costly.

Arpaio said his cleanup will cost taxpayers almost nothing. Trash bags and dump trucks have been donated, and inmate labor is free. Of the 200 convicted inmates who will take part today, 10 are foreign nationals from Mexico, Arpaio said. The inmates will get an extra bologna sandwich for their work.

Today's cleanup will take place in a desert south of Lake Pleasant. Deputies will be on hand to arrest any illegal immigrants in the area. Anyone caught dumping trash also will be arrested, Arpaio said.

But cleaning up the desert has another benefit: intelligence. Deputies will sift through the trash, looking for clues that could help curtail illegal immigration even more.

"We can look at these locations and tell a lot about the trash they leave," Sands said. "Our investigators don't have the time to sort through all this stuff. This gives us a chance to take a closer look."

Deputies will try to determine from the trash if other foreigners are being smuggled through Arizona. Any maps could provide a better indication of smuggling routes.

"I want to pick up some intelligence," Arpaio said, "but my main mission is to save the desert.

"We're going to get this cleaned up."

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."

He bought Newt Gingrich' lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails.

When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place.

With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued pink boxer shorts.

On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week before.

Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their pink socks.

"It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the tents for 1 year. "It's inhumane."

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic He said Wednesday that 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 damned mouths!"

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Way to go, Sheriff! Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

“The inmates will get an extra bologna sandwich for their work.”

Why be so generous?

Send Sheriff Joe a hand writen card, you know one of thoes cards that says, "Thank You For Being You".

Here's his address:

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff Joe Arpaio
100 W. Washington, Suite 1900
Phoenix, Az. 85003

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Answer 1

I SUPPOSE IF WANTS TO GIVE THEM AN EXTRA BOLOGNA SANDWICH THEN THAT'S FINE WITH ME CAUSE HE IS THE MAN. THAT'S WHAT BEING IN JAIL SHOULD BE LIKE DON'T LIKE DON'T BREAK THE LAW I LOVE IT!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Wow, I was not aware of this program, but I think it is a WONDERFUL idea! It is so nice to see an inventive way to deal with such a rampant problem. With new initiatives, such as WHTI(Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative) and US-VISIT(a system of biometrics to monitor people entiring and leaving the country via fingerprints, set to be in place in Dec. 08), it really seems that we are taking steps in the right direction to not only stop illegal immigrants, but now I see that we are even "cleaning up their mess!"

Great article, I'm so glad I had a chance to read it. He is an article I wrote concerning illegal immigration: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/119024/toys_r_us_welcomes_illegal_immigrants.html

Answer 4

Yes. Good time to work, it's cool in Arizona now. The millions of pounds of trash left in the National Forrest by illegal aliens could easily catch on fire during the lighting storms.

Answer 5

Say no more. Sheriff Joe is the best thing to happen to Maricopa county. I always vote for the guy. All Sheriffs need to be like him.

Answer 6

You gotta love Sheriff Joe,hes old as dirt and hard as nails but I love him and.I will send him a card ,Thanks
He deserves more than a card so maybe I will drop something off at the jail..Home made cookies or candy for Valentines Day .,in the shape of pink underwear.lol
Hes an Arizona icon a legend.in his own time.

Answer 7

Nice to see he stands up for America, he is a good example for others. If eveyone had his courage we wouldnt have an illegal problem,and no he shouldnt give em an extra bologney sandwich LOL!

Answer 8

Yes, and sheriff Joe should get a steak.