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AZ: Arpaio Gets A TV Series on FOX

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Maricopa County has many times more federal prison condition lawsuits than New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston combined. In September of last year, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care revoked its accreditation of the jails Sheriff Arpaio runs on the grounds of failure to provide adequate health care for inmates." January 5, 2009 The Media Equation A Star Turn for a Sheriff on Fox TV By DAVID CARR With his reputation for being tough on crime and his way with a good quote, Joseph M. Arpaio, the sheriff and jailer of Maricopa County in Arizona would seem to be a reality show waiting to happen. The wait is over. In the last two weeks, the Fox Reality Channel has broadcast ?Smile ...You?re Under Arrest,? a prank-fueled effort to bring nonviolent offenders with outstanding warrants in or near Phoenix to justice...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).