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Bookmark or Share- Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Infamous 'Tent City Jail' ClosesThe seven-acre "Tent City Jail" in Phoenix that helped make former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio a household name has been quietly struck once and for all after housing inmates for nearly...
- Closed for Good: A Final Look Inside Tent City - PhoenixThis weekend Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone finally closed Tent City, former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's notorious open-air jail, for good, just months shy of its 25th anniversary.
- Arpaio’s Infamous Tent City is Gone but Arizona State Prison’s Tent ...The Tent City jail in Maricopa County, comprised of Korean war-era military tents, reportedly cost just $80,000 to build in August 1993, and Sheriff Penzone said closing it will save taxpayers about $4.5 million per year in operating expenses.
- Last Inmates Leave Tent City, a Remnant of Joe ArpaioAfter 24 years in operation, Tent City, an outdoor Arizona jail that served as an emblem of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “tough on crime” stance, has been closed. The final 370 or so inmates...
- Joe Arpaio - WikipediaTent city jail In 1993, Arpaio set up a " Tent City " — which he described as a " concentration camp " [ 44 ] — as a temporary extension of the Maricopa County Jail for convicted and sentenced prisoners.
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