Legal Tornado Swirls Around "Toughest Sheriff in America"

Phoenix New Times | October 26, 2004
Taxpayers have spent more than $500 million to get two new jails built in Phoenix, but now they can't open because not enough qualified guards wants to work for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

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