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I lived in Phoenix in the mid-90s and had a couple friends that had the opportunity to spend a week at tent city (DUI). They both said that it was a pretty shitty place to spend a week (don't think either of them did any labor though, one had a school release during the day) but neither thought it was cruel or unusual.
Arpaio has been doing this for something like 10 years.
Putting suspected criminals in jail is standard procedure. Unless they are in for mass murder or something, they can make bail and leave. Neither the convicted or unconvicted are being "tortured". Come on. Calling picking up trash in the road ditch wearing an orange jumpsuit "torture" is an insult to torture victims everywhere.
Does anyone know if unconvicted suspects go out on the chain gangs? or are you just assuming?
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