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| Sheriff won't be pushed around |
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| Published: 05/18/2009 |
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Hunger strike could lead to jail lockdown by Jim Cross/KTAR Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio considered putting some of his jails under lockdown Monday because of an ongoing hunger strike by inmates. The sheriff said most of the 1,100 inmates who refused to eat Sunday night are in the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix. He said it was likely that jail would be locked down Monday, along with the Lower Buckeye Jail and the Towers Jail. The sheriff planned to decide Monday morning whether to put the inmates under 23-hour lockdown, with a loss of visitation and other privileges. Arpaio said the hunger strike began on May 2, the same day that thousands of people marched in Phoenix in protest to the sheriff's immigration policies. "It just looks like they're using food as a political hammer against me," Arpaio told News/Talk 92-3 KTAR's Jay Lawrence. "I'm talking about lawyers and activists." He vowed that the hunger strike would not be successful. "We have these guys in jails who are charged with murder, rape, and they don't like the food," said Arpaio. "Well, that's a little tough. I'm not going to give in. I won't change the menu." He asked, "What am I running, the Hilton Hotel here? They're still getting food. They're getting ham and beans and broccoli. What do they want, t-bone steaks? They are going to eat our menu." The sheriff said at least six inmates, who wanted to end the hunger strike, have been put in protective custody to prevent retaliation from fellow inmates who want to continue the strike. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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Arpaio is the well known for his cruelty to inmates for years and years, why is he not stopped. It is not his job to punish, being locked away from society is the punishment intended by Americans when we lock up persons, one man should not have the power to starve people. I think constant hunger is the worst kind of torture and I believe this is against the constitution of the United States, please do something about this outrage and help these inmates. thank you, JimmiRuth Edwards