>> As for building jails, look at Joe Arpaio - the Phoenix AZ Sheriff.
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>ha. I'm amazed that this guy gets elected. And he doesn't make jails...he just puts up a couple of tents (in the AZ heat no less). As a point of interest, crime in Phoenix has gone up, not down (depending upon the specific statistics you pick of course). His way of thinking is to humilate and degrade humans so they "wont want to come back". This creates two problems - one is that yeah...they don't want to come back and will go to extreams they normally wouldnt to avoid it...and two... you have to remember that these guys WILL eventually get out - all angry and bitter now too. And to top it all off... I spent 3 months in downtown Phoenix not too long ago. EVERY single time I went to a convience store (Circle K's are big there)... some freakn bum was asking me for a dollar. At first this didnt really bother me, but after a couple of weeks it started too. After a month it REALLY got to me. Yelling at the employees of these circle k's didnt help either. And it wasn't just one
>specific store either...it was all of them...I mean I was going to 15 or 20 different circle k's trying to find one that was 'bum free' - and you know what? There wasn't one! Unlike other cities I've been too - I actually felt threatend by these bums....I mean these bozo's actually seemed somewhat dangerous and were quite agressive.....a result and product of sheriff Joe.

Does Sherrif Joe own the Circle Ks (e.g. retribution)?