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America's Toughest Sheriff: How We Can Win the War Against Crime
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| Title | America's Toughest Sheriff: How We Can Win the War Against Crime |
| ASIN | 1565302028 -
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| Category | How-To Manual |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modified | Thomas Walker - April 27, 2005 01:08pm |
| Description | After 32 years as a federal drug official, Arpaio was elected sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, an area as large as New Jersey. Confronted with a 10% budget cut and overcrowded jails, he houses prisoners in tents in the desert. Prohibitions are strict: no smoking, no coffee, no nudie magazines, no violent TV shows. There are educational opportunities, but only 30% of the inmates participate. Arpaio instituted chain gangs, composed of volunteers, to do clean-up work; he also organized a civilian corps to assist his department. The mass media have attacked Arpaio as a vestige of a bygone era, but his book, written with Sherman (The Good, Bad and the Famous), makes a strong case that he is a tough, not a cruel, cop. |
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