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Joe Arpaio should really have a bullet point handout of all the experiments he has done in his jail, each of which has a cost/benefit analysis, and his opinion about which would be the best for other counties to adopt, mostly to save money.

Some of his ideas has saved millions of dollars, which should rivet the attention of many of the people there, in times when city and state budgets have been pushed to the edge. Though he is called “tough”, his biggest emphasis over the years has always been economy.

Oddly enough, his “tent city jails” are decidedly legal in *international* law, as *not* being cruel and unusual punishment in any way. This is because they are very similar to “military field conditions”, which all the major powers have insisted *not* be classified as inhumane, for obvious reasons.

And they are the gift that keeps on giving. Costing less than a tenth the cost of “brick” prisons, overcrowding, and all its problems, is no problem. Just put up another tent.

Maintenance is a breeze, and much cheaper as well.

I hope those people take notes.