Joe Arpaio

[Vong]

Asshole of the Year (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/02/03/20090203abrk-tentcity0203.html)

Word's cannot describe this jackass. It boggles the mind how a unlawful man like this earns a post that should be defending the rights of citizens, not taking them away. But then I think to myself that there are citizens in his community that approve of his methods and voted him into power....these people shouldn't be given the right to vote.

[Homyrrh]

Holy smokes...

The measure calls for about 200 inmates to move from Maricopa County's Durango Jail to Tent City on Wednesday afternoon. Both facilities are in the same complex near 35th Avenue and Durango Street.

Arpaio's decision caught some officials off-guard, much like his decision last week to use Metro light rail to transport extradited inmates to-and-from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

[Potter82]

This man is a disgrace to the law and a black mark on his state.

From what I remember, he doesn't provide his inmates with sufficient food, chooses to humiliate them in bizzare ways, and the absolute worst; he uses them to make a profit. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details but I remember that he had a direct financial interest in a project in which his inmates participated. Basically local businesses use them as a means of cheap labour.

And to all those who may protest "but they deserve it" - remember he runs a jail, not a prision. These are people who have been charged with a crime, not convicted. So basically he's potentially mistreating innocent people for his own financial gain and for his own notoriety as the "get tough on crime sheriff."

I would experience a tremendous amount of schadenfreude if he ever happens to find his sorry ass in jail.

An absolute disgrace.

[Homyrrh]

This man is a disgrace to the law and a black mark on his state.

From what I remember, he doesn't provide his inmates with sufficient food, chooses to humiliate them in bizzare ways, and the absolute worst; he uses them to make a profit. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details but I remember that he had a direct financial interest in a project in which his inmates participated. Basically local businesses use them as a means of cheap labour.

And to all those who may protest "but they deserve it" - remember he runs a jail, not a prision. These are people who have been charged with a crime, not convicted. So basically he's potentially mistreating innocent people for his own financial gain and for his own notoriety as the "get tough on crime sheriff."

I would experience a tremendous amount of schadenfreude if he ever happens to find his sorry ass in jail.

An absolute disgrace.
Heh, he'd definitely be getting the pedophile treatment in the slammer.