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Tracy Idell
"A handful of Bexar County officials will visit Maricopa County, Ariz. to see how a controversial sheriff forces jail inmates to wear pink underwear, eat 15-cent meals, work on chain gangs and live in un-air-conditioned, Korean War-era tents that can heat up past 120 degrees in the summer. Commissioners Lyle Larson and Tommy Adkisson will meet with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-styled "Toughest Sheriff in America," to see if some of his get-tough measures — particularly the tent jails — could be successfully imported to Bexar County. Adkisson would like to reduce recidivism among the 20 percent of Bexar inmates he estimates cycle back into jail just for the three square meals, cable television and air conditioning. To further reduce comfort, he'd like to see a work program accompany the bare-bones accommodations."
