Blue Byline » chain gangs http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Mon, 20 May 2013 05:57:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Crime and punishment in the new millenium http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/05/11/crime-and-punishment-in-the-new-millenium/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/05/11/crime-and-punishment-in-the-new-millenium/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:05:49 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=1758

It all started with the pink underwear.

As the world leader in incarceration, by percentage and expense, America knew something was up when Joe Arpaio, the self-anointed “Toughest Sheriff in America,” introduced the country to his inmates’ pinkish undergarments. That was years ago. Since then Sheriff Arpaio’s crusade to make his jail a self-described “concentration camp” has had its ups and downs.

Whether the discussion includes Sheriff Joe or not, incarceration itself is a controversial topic. Is it punishment or rehabilitation? Should doing time guarantee an inmates’ right to lift weights, watch TV and read Playboy or instead be a …

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