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Posted on 04/21/2005 6:44:44 PM PDT by quidnunc
Convicts were forced to march to a new top-security jail — wearing just pink underpants and flip-flops to deter escape bids.
Prison bosses reckoned the 700 hardmen would be too embarrassed to go on the run in gay-style garb.
Muscle-bound, tattooed thugs were linked with pink handcuffs for the two-mile hike. And when they reached the new clink in Phoenix, Arizona, one con had to cut a pink ribbon to open it.
Tough Sheriff Joe Arpaio said: “I put them on the street so everybody could see them. They can see this is what happens to people who break the law.”
Armed guards lined the streets as nearly 700 maximum-security inmates marched the four blocks from Towers Jail to Lower Buckeye Jail. They wore only pink underwear and pink flip-flops. Slowly and meticulously, the inmates, linked together with handcuffs, were corralled into a caged portion of the west Phoenix jail.
In what Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio called one of the largest jail expansions in U.S. history, 2,630 inmates began moving from Madison Street Jail and Towers Jail into two new facilities — Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix and Lower Buckeye Jail in west Phoenix.
The move started Thursday night when juveniles and mentally ill inmates were relocated to Lower Buckeye Jail. On Friday, maximum-security inmates from Towers Jail also were moved to Lower Buckeye Jail and vehicles began transporting the rest of the inmates to the new downtown facility. The most dangerous inmates walked 570 feet through an underground tunnel connecting Madison Street Jail with the new Fourth Avenue Jail. Moves are expected to be finished by the weekend, Arpaio said.
"The Madison Jail was overcrowded and the infrastructure was a problem, so it’s being closed down," said sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Paul Chagolla.
Activists questioned the way the inmates were moved.
"I’m outraged about what he’s doing," said Michael Coyle, justice studies instructor on prison reform at Arizona State University, "and this is just another example of the typical show element of Sheriff Joe that we’ve gotten used to over the years."
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(Katie McDevitt in the East Valley Tribune [Mesa, AZ], April 16, 2004)
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Apparently they aren't so used to it if they are still outraged.
Pictures, pictures, we must have pictures of the losers in their pink panties!
pink panty pissant ping
Follow the links to both stories.
It is most probable that some of the prisoners were charged with a crime, and not yet given a trial, yet alone convicted. I don't know what FReepers thinks of Arpaio, but there are dozens of good reasons to distance oneself from this Sheriff.
There's a small pic in the link. It was more than enough for me...
There seems to be an assortment of pink hues! I wonder if they dyed the drawers themselves!
BTW: I think pink is a rather lovely color.
Looks like they're doing what the fratboys call an "elephant walk"
"Paging Medea Benjamin" LOL! Ya beat me to it, when I saw the title, Code Pink was my first thought.
Would have liked to have been standing on the sidewalk watching that perp parade!
pink panty pissant ping...
Say that 10 times fast!!!
The really really dangerous criminals were transferred thru a tunnel but these guys went thru the street in their lovely pink outfits.
Too bad he doesnt put as much effort into catching
illegal alien invaders, terrorists, illegal alien smugglers, and drug cartel members and mules.
imo
I don't know what they're complaining about. Do you realize how much this stuff cost me?
Most are NOT convicted; they're awaiting trial. And Arpaio is a self-promoting thug. He had a hero in his jail recently on trumped up charges of "detaining" illegals.
Also supported Butch for governor in the last election
That's what I thought too. Here's the pic from The Sun:
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There are some man-boobs here! |
Thanks.
I can't stop laughing.
Many, if not most, are undoubtedly serving sentences for convictions on misdemeanor offenses.
Whatever ... Arpaio is no Chuck Colson
If they werent guilty, they would not be there.
The sheriff is probably doing this to save face. He was wrong in arresting an American for detaining illegal aliens and smugglers.
The hero was released and no charges were brought against him. Don't blame the lawman for doing his job.
The kid had held people at gunpoint. It should be checked out - it was - it was a legal "citizen's arrest" - so no charges were brought by the DA.
This wonderful egomaniacal sheriff went on national TV and condemned this young man's actions; verbally convicted him.
And he IS a thug. Anyone who knows his history can't stand him.... ask any activist Republican in AZ. He's full of himself. Period
Well .. since you live there - I guess my comments don't count.
Better quit bad-mouthing my Sheriff, son. His popularity rating in Maricopa County is 85%. The only people who dislike him are Democrats and jail inmates.
I'm a woman and you may be part of Joe's posse, but you have to face the facts. McPain also has a very high popularity rating, but people who are involved in AZ politics as conservative Republicans are NOT impressed.
Same with Arpaio. He actually endorsed Butch over Matt Salmon in the last election, and we elephants have looooong memories.
Why do I gotta be Mr. Pink?
Just seems like someone in Hollywood should do a movie about this Sheriff! He seems to be a terrific man in the right job. Pink undies, pink cuffs and a public stroll. Perfect.
What a character! I predict one day he is going to have his own reality show on Fox.
The Sheriff never endorsed Janet Napolitano. All he said during the campaign was that people should stop attacking her.
That, and the fact they most likely couldn't get a conviction on this guy unless they went to NY or Mass, and even then they might run into a few who are not as pleased with multiculturalism as they'd like.
Baloney.
If they're awaiting trial, it's probably because they jumped bail.
Otherwise, most of these wonderful guys are serving sentences because they were convicted or pleaded guilty for doing a lot of nice things.
What planet do you live on?
You people are crazy!!! not even the dogs housed on the property are treated as badly as the inmates. If you think anybody is going to come out of there any less of a criminal you are so sadly misled. Joe Arpio is out of control! The people of AZ are so misinformed about the inhumane treatment, and if most reasonable folks knew what goes on in that tent city they would be appalled. My brother is in there right now and I worry for his life everyday. Yes, he did something wrong, but nothing to warrant the environment he has to endure there. I fear he will be someone else when he comes home. He went in there a bad driver who didn’t pay his fines, My family and I fear he will come out a criminal. This is not the way my brother will learn to be more responsible. I pray for all Americans in this facility, as they were all once someones loving son or brother. As far as the illegals in there...let um rot!!!!!
I'll bet he drives better.
Nothing else seems to have worked.
What do you suggest?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Homocons. Is that the previously unknown third Transformer race?
The Transvestites
Homos in disguise!
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