Los Angeles, CA In a two-part interview with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Full Disclosure Network® host Leslie Dutton discovers the reasons why he is considered the "Toughest Sheriff In America" and the only one to be arresting illegal immigrants who are smuggled into his county. A six (6) minute video preview of this interview is available for viewing now, FREE, "on demand" 24/7, as a public service of the Full Disclosure Network®. Also included in the video is an interview with Giles Liddell, II one of the Sheriff's Posse members who explains why he volunteered to arrest illegal immigrants.
Here are some of the issues covered in the one hour interview:
- Sheriff Joe's Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) background. He is known for his infiltration and investigation of drug cartels and he headed operations in both Mexico and Turkey. He has worked with both the President and Attorney General and dealt with Panama's Noriega and officials in Agentina, just to name a few assignments.
- Now he arrests Illegal immigrants. Under a new anti-smuggling state law, Sheriff Joe is the only law enforcement offical, arresting illegal immigrants under the new law. He is building new jails to accommodate them and has 3,000 posse members who are authorized to enforce the law.
- Maricopa County is the nation's 2nd largest Sheriff's Office. He employs 3,500 people, 900 of them sworn deputies. He has 10,750 inmates, many of whom are housed in his infamous Tent Jail City, wear pink underwear and serve on chain gangs in public display as part of a program to deter recidivism. He urges the inmates to "Never come back".
- Meals for inmates cost 30 cents a day: Sheriff Joe brags that he spends $1.00 a day for meals for each of the rescued dogs and cats that he keeps in air conditioned facilities while the two meals a day he provides to the human inmates only costs 30 cents each, apparently to discourage inmates from returning.
- Nice Guy or Tough Guy? Sheriff Joe does not want to be called a nice guy he wants to be called tough. However, he has the only jail facility to offer inmates a program to obtain their GED (high school) diplomas. He has an aggressive drug rehabilitation program and parenting classes for them as well.
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Don R. Maricopa County, AZ
Posted: 11:34 am [PST] on January 09 2010
Illegal immigrants can only be arrested if they break the law (as if being an "illegal" immigrant wasn't breaking the law in the first place) while they are here. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has not arrested anyone based on their ethnicity alone. Think about it, what would the charge be?
Gary Darby Rosamond, CA
Posted: 09:29 am [PST] on November 15 2009
Sheriff Joe Arpaio could clean up the prison system here in California in a matter of a few months.
Andrew J. Cohen Pennsylvania
Posted: 12:34 pm [PST] on September 13 2009
Keep up the great work Sheriff Arpaio. I would vote for you if I lived in your county.
Doug Hill Nevada
Posted: 07:24 am [PST] on September 02 2009
The sheriff, Joe Arpaio, Arizona, should get a award for his system. We need more like him running the jails.
Anna Graesser Dillon, MT
Posted: 10:19 am [PST] on July 07 2009
Why aren't other prisons doing this? Jail is not a place you should want to be. It is totally reasonable to discourage people from going back. Wow! Finally someone who has some good ideas on dealing with criminals.
Harry Stevenson Michigan
Posted: 07:24 am [PST] on May 05 2009
This guy is a hero
bill s united kingdon
Posted: 01:55 pm [PST] on March 19 2009
could he come here and sort our prisons out as they are more like vacation camps
JOANNE CALIF.
Posted: 02:01 am [PST] on October 12 2008
I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE THE MAN. ALL JAILS SHOULD BE JUST LIKE THIS.!!!!!
cindy phx
Posted: 04:10 pm [PST] on September 28 2008
what joe is doin is wrong coming from a family wth illegals not right=/
Shaun Jackson San DIego
Posted: 12:14 am [PST] on March 06 2008
I think its about time someone sees that the law should be followed. The oceanside police dont think the cops or sheriffs should arrest illegal immigrants. I hope Joe could set an example.