This Wikipedia article brings up an interesting point in regard to Joe Arpaio's methodology
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While his ways were the focus of wide media controversy partly due to the fact that a majority of the inmates in Maricopa County's jails are awaiting trial under an assumption of innocence, he shrugged it off by saying that jails should not be country clubs.
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I realize that it would be impractical to have a separate jail for people who aren't (yet) convicted of a crime, but it's not right for people who are presumed innocent to undergo such harsh treatment.