TEApublican Sheriff Joe Arpaio Forces 38 Inmates to Eat Bread and Water Over Damaged American Flags
by Simone Sanner
Good
old Wild West Joe Arpaio, Sheriff in Arizona’s Maricopa County and
tea-drinking, card-carrying bigot is at it again, this time promising to
feed bread and water only to prisoners for defacing the American flags
left hanging in their cells.
Arpaio
said the prisoners that defaced or destroyed flags would be forced to
survive on bread and water for seven days as punishment, a total of 38
people in all. This punishment is being doled out without benefit of due
process or trial. The flags were simply left hanging in the cells and
whoever resided in that cell is punished regardless of who is
responsible for the destruction of the flags.
Arpaio
said in defense of his decision, "These inmates have destroyed the
American flag that was placed in their cells. Tearing them, writing on
them, stepping on them, throwing them in the toilet, trash or wherever
they feel." He added, "It’s a disgrace ... this is government property
that they are destroying, and we will take action against those who act
this way."
Feeding
prisoners bread and water has been ruled unconstitutional in several
parts of the country but Arpaio got a ruling in his favor regarding "nutraloaf"
a nutritionally supplemented bread made of mashed vegetables, grains,
syrup and oleo, among other things, partly because the loaf was ruled to
be nutritionally sound. No word on who decided oleo and syrup were
nutritious.
Arpaio has a history of creating bizarre punishments for prisoners, such as making them sleep in tents outside in 115 degree heat and making them wear pink underwear
h/t: Opposing Views
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