Jail should be uncomfortable
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August 27, 2008 - 7:11PM
According to a recent editorial in The Sun, the Arizona lawmakers have been misunderstood yet again. They never intended for the "victims" of coyotes to be prosecuted. With that kind of reasoning, if you hire someone to burn down your house, you are the "victim" of an arsonist or the "victim" of an assassin hired to kill your low-down brother-in-law.

The clearer heads of the Court of Appeals and Sheriff Joe Arpaio are able to read the laws as written, not read between the lines as the lawmakers wish. If you engage in illegal activities, you should be prosecuted, not escorted to the border so you can come back across tomorrow.

I would be willing to bet if illegal aliens were to spend six months in Sheriff Joe's tent jail, instead of returned to their place of entry or flown home, they wouldn't be so quick to pay the U.S. another visit.

Why aren't there more no nonsense places like Sheriff Arpaio's tent jail? Isn't jail supposed to be punishment? Shouldn't prisoners be as uncomfortable as our service personnel are who risk their lives every day? Sheriff Joe puts our tax money to better use and the rate of recidivism is impressive.


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COLLIE BERNABE
Yuma
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