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Arpaio says no to heaters at Tent City

11:49 AM Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, January 16, 2007

By 3TV

Chilly temperatures have many of us staying inside to cozy up, but inmates at Tent City don't have a choice.

So on Monday, they asked Sheriff Joe Arpaio for some relief.

Some of them asked for hats and sweaters while others demanded to be moved inside to escape the cold.

Arpaio, however, just gave the inmates the cold shoulder and told them they're in jail not the Hilton hotel.

He said each inmate got five blankets and a long-sleeved thermal shirt and that's all they're going to get.

"We have no heaters here because if I had heaters in there they'd destroy the heaters," Arpaio said. "They'll burn this Tent City down so we give them some extra blankets. What else do they need?"

Arpaio also said he's more concerned about our troops in Iraq than he is about convicted criminals