PETA is excited to announce that Joe Arpaio, the notoriously racist Arizona sheriff who fancies himself “the world’s toughest,” is now on their preferred list after he switched the jail’s food over to a vegetarian menu. Even Pam Anderson’s on board! But has everyone forgotten that Joe Arpaio is anti-immigrant and has been court ordered to rectify his department’s racial profiling issues? Or that he’s treated pregnant human inmates in ways that PETA would find unacceptable if Arpaio’s charges were animals instead of human beings?
According to Think Progress, PETA is praising Arpaio for making his jail the first in the country that’s all vegetarian. PETA’s senior vice president, Dan Mathews, has toured the jail and delighted in the delicious fresh produce on display. He believes that Arpaoio’s methods — which he makes clear is all about saving money and not about inmate health — are going to make Maricopa County’s jail better for everyone.
Others think differently:
During a 2013 visit of the food factory after the meals switched over to an all-vegetarian diet, a Fox News affiliate reporter commented that the carrots in the stew were brown and that the soy looked like “wood chips.” Arpaio responded, “Oh, that’s probably just dirt. Don’t worry about that.” Inmates previously called the meals that they were served “slop.” According to a 2013 Time article, inmates have to pay for their own meals. And inmates are served two meals per day, rather than three.
“Oh, that’s probably just dirt!” Nothing to see here, folks! Move along! Dirt is high in both protein and fiber. Tastes good coming down (lots of minerals, you know?) and feels even better coming back out. Along with those brown carrots and whatever else is being put into the meals it should be a healthy and plentiful meal for the inmates. But wait…there’s more.
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