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Arizona sheriff built a jail with no walls - gang violence flourished
Tent City began as a cheap fix to overcrowded jails, but life inside the Korean War tents quickly drew national condemnation. Temperatures soared past 145°, inmates slept on cots without mattresses, ...
PHOENIX — Maricopa County's new sheriff announced Tuesday that he's shutting down a complex of jail tents that helped make his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, a national law enforcement figure. Paul Penzone ...
President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem flew down to Florida on July 1 to help Gov. Ron DeSantis and others open “Alligator Alcatraz,” a concentration camp for immigrants in ...
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What Happened to Phoenix’s Tent City Jail
In the blistering Arizona desert, Tent City Jail housed inmates outdoors in military tents under 145 °F heat—built by Joe Arpaio in 1993 as a symbol of “tough on crime.” For over two decades it ...
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