Maricopa County Jail

I just got out of the tents. this is one place that should not be around. they have very corrupt guards and seem to be there to make money from the gangs that they allows to run the place. also they have all kids of vending machine products that sheriff joe's brother owns, and have no place for the recycleables.

I agree. The sheriff and his playground bully staff will have to answer to God for the things they do. The public only knows what the sheriff wants them to. Lets get the inside story public. Someone help with this. The public needs to know what is going on in there.

Someone is now doing both a story and a dissertation on the process. And, of more significance, it will be published. The point is that this Sheriff and his personnel are conducting themselves as if they were running a Gulag or Stalag.

Sheriff joe is not God and in the end we all have to anwser for how we treat one another!

What happened to the days of bread and water? Someone needs to tell these crazy people that jail is NOT Burger King and you don't get it your way!!! If you want it your way, stay out of jail and DO NOT commit crimes. Jail is for people who can not function and/or behave in society, so why should we cater to them in jail and make it easy??? GO Sheriff Joe!!! LOVE your work!!!

I agree to the 5 basic requirements for life, food, air, water, clothing, shelter. The food should at least not be spoiled, I'll say that, how it tastes is not necessarily an issue. As for how prisoners are treated, well what did they forcefully take from their victims, property, money, rape, whatever, now they want me to feel sorry because they are being treated as they say, badly, I don't think so. Like it was said, do not commit a crime, you don't go to jail.

Gary, you assume that police make no mistakes. A woman can claim you did something to her and point to some injury and you would quickly find yourself in jail. Do not be so quick to judge. Even the police sometimes get it wrong...but the point is how people should be treated.

you obviously have no idea what you are talking about, the comments made were factual. Most of the people in the jails are professionals, why, because that's where Sheriff Joe can get money, a hardened criminal is not going to be able to pay the OUTRAGEOUS bonds they have in this county for traffic violations. I have lived all over this great nation and I have never, ever, EVER been in any legal problems, not for forty years, that is not until I moved to this state and county. And when all was said and done in the end all that I was charged with was a broken tail light and for that I spent 3 times in jail and paid at least 6 thousand dollars between lawyers and fees. I am a law abiding, god fearing, healthcare provider, who surely did not deserve this treatment. So before you go getting on some soapbox, you should really check your facts!!!

you are an idiot most people in there are professionals who got stopped for having a glass or two of wine or a beer with buddies but of course im sure you dont drink but if you do i hope you get stopped and then see how you feel when your treated like a hardened criminal while really the fact is you got a traffic ticket! dumbass!!!

It's pretty sad when someone made a mistake and is in jail for not paying the courts because of this crappy economy and now has to be in this prison with killers rapists and extremely violent people, yet they do not have a violent record. There are terrible fights everyday and the guards only walk around every 3 hrs, on the website it states "no bond is too much" all about money, money money!!! sad huh? this jail needs help and someones has got to take charge, people are afraid for there lives in there ...sad huh, yeah they shouldn't have done the crime but the time, and place should fit the crime. all I can say is Karma is a something not nice..

From what I know!! I feel that the food is not for humans!it is food that is found or donated! I would like to see joe and his high comands eat thar food for a few days

I think that's exactly what joe is trying to do - make people not want to go back. Maybe you don't like it, but the real question is does it deter crime or not? If it does it should be replicated across the country.

for that matter, why aren't we giving them daily beatings and mandatory loss of an eye? that would surely deter them from ever committing any other crimes, and should be replicated across the country!

Just had a hanging last week at 35th Ave jail, leaving a note "please help". Something very evil is happening in Arpaio's jails.

I agree that these inmates do not need to eat steak and eggs for breakfast, but they don't need rotten fruit and spoiled milk either. I have been to Towers Jail and these inmates haven't even been sentenced yet. Mostly kids. No hardened criminals. Just stupid kids. I don't have alot of compassion either for inmates but don't have understanding for jail employees who take inmates food and blackmail them into not filing complaints or just plain make stuff up. That is why most people don't know the truth about what goes on.

I was arrested last month for having cash on me. After I told the cop I am not a "kush dealer" and tried to show him a receipt from my business were I picked up several thousand dollars he arrested me for attempting to control a criminal enterprise and money laundering. Even though I had no drugs or paraphernalia and I was by myself not with a "criminal enterprise" he just wanted to make an arrest bc he wanted to believe he made a big time bust he actually told me he was going to make up all sorts of stuff so I wouldn't get a bail. I spent the next week in jail and on my first court date the charges were all dropped bc there was absolutely no evidence even the judge asked what did you do to piss off the cop? On top of spending a week of my life away from my wife and son, spending 5000 for an attorney, witnessing horrible things inside of the jail between inmates, and eating the horrible rancid grapefruits and stale bread all my money was forfeited to the sheriffs office even though I was found not guilty and my attorney said its a loophole that they can do that and it will cost another 6 months and 5 to 6 thousand dollars to fight them for the money. And youre right inmates do not deserve any special rights but that should be reserved for felons already sentenced and in prison not in jail were a majority of people are on trial or just in there for a few days for very very minor offenses.

I have to believe you were stopped for something other than having money on your person. On the forfeit of money, I would fire the lawyer, then go to the Justice Department and the AZ bar about the lawyer, something does not sounds quite right, sounds like a few details are left out.