| Heres the deal. Alot of Jails no longer serve coffee, generally as a cost cutting issue and as stated it has no nutrional value. Alot of jails have stopped smoking. Some times state mandated, sometimes because inmates being inmates some have sued about being exposed to second hand smoke. In theory it also reduces medical costs.
Wieghts well inmates have an odd tendency to use hard heavy objects as blundgeoning devices against each other and officers.
Porno most of the prisons in the two states I've worked in bann it.
As far as the inmates being pre-trial or county sentenced inmates or unable to pay bail. Yeah in County Jail thats gonna make up a good portion of your jail population. But you also have the sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to the Department of Corrections.
You need to remember that all the "really" bad guys all go thru some "pissant" County Jail before they hit a prison yard. County Jails especially one the size of Maricopa Co. have all the problems you'll find in a prison.
That being said. I think Sheriff Joe does play to the cameras and the media a bit much. But hey he's a politician and thats what they do.
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