image of inmates lodged in a crude tent city. Caption: Sheriff Joe Arpale of Maricopa County, AZ, the self-proclaimed 'Toughest Sheriff in America' requires male inmates to wear pink women's underwear, all inmates to live in a crude tent city in the scorching desert heat, and proudly boasts, 'I got meal costs down to 40 cents a day per inmate. It costs $1.15 a day to feed the department's dogs.' Prisoners without funds are forced to use postcards like this one to contact their loved ones. American society currently prefers the justice model approach (i.e., just desserts and get tough policies) regarding criminal incarceration; however, some argue that this approach only creates overcrowding and enormous prison costs. Others argue that prisoners today are being coddled. Consequently, the public remains divided over these issues, but Sheriff Joseph Arpaios response to prison overcrowding is very clear, as evinced by his Tent City in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Debate and defend your position on whether Sheriff Arpaios Tent City should be replicated or abolished.
Find another example of a tent city, what are the pros and the cons?  If you were the Chief or Sheriff how would you address the situation differently?