lunes, 31 de octubre de 2011


Pink Prison Policy
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Phoenix Arizona had a problem; he had to transfer 700 criminals from their old prison to the new penitentiary three kilometres away. How could he do it without any of the inmates escaping? No problems for Joe. He dressed them all in ankle-chains, flip-flops and pink underwear so that they would be too embarrassed to escape. Stupid idea? Well, it worked.
Anecdote from Think in English nº 71

1 comentario:

marta dijo...

I found a big problem in this post. The sheriff is humiliating prisoners, who are Mexican immigrants. It isn't a matter to laugh, I fear:

See this tv report