I have two things to say about this

[Boxlicker101]

One is, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime. The other is: You're not supposed to like it in jail or prison. That's the idea of the place.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/hiphopmediatraining/47509/dmx-adopts-pink-prison-wardrobe/

 

[3113]

Hm. You know, the over-sized pants that a lot of teen boys wear relates back to jails where tough, gangster prisoners are not allowed belts and so their pants fall low on their hips.. So...are we going to be seeing all these teen boys with pink underwear poking out from their over-sized, low slung trousers?

 

[DesertPirate]

Hm. You know, the over-sized pants that a lot of teen boys wear relates back to jails where tough, gangster prisoners are not allowed belts and so their pants fall low on their hips.. So...are we going to be seeing all these teen boys with pink underwear poking out from their over-sized, low slung trousers?

Actually the saggy look was the way gay prisoners advertised their "availability"

Get that out to a big enough audience and it will end the oversized saggy hip hop look in a month.

As for Sherriff Arpaio, he has made jail a place you don't really wan't to go.
If DMX is concerned about "respect" try earning some.

 

[cloudy]

DMX issues aside, Sheriff Arpaio absolutely defines "pig."

He's been investigated numerous times, and a quick google finds this:

In 1996 a young man named Jeremy Flanders was beaten nearly to death by fellow inmates in Tent City. He was put on life support and during that time his head had swollen so badly that it nearly swallowed his ear on one side. Flanders, who was well behaved and a favorite of the guards, sustained permanent brain damage as a result of his injuries. The weapon used to beat Flanders was a rebar tent stake. These rebar tent stakes which were easily removed from the ground were often used as weapons, a problem easily remedied by cementing the stakes into the ground. In his stinging 26 page opinion Judge Jefferson L. Lankford stated that “The sheriff and his deputies had actual knowledge that prisoners used rebar tent stakes and tent poles as weapons and did nothing to prevent it.” He went on to say, “The sheriff admitted knowing about, and in fact intentionally designing, some conditions at Tent City that created a substantial risk of inmate violence: i.e., the lack of individual security and inmate control inherent in a tent facility; the small number of guards; a mixed inmate population subject to overcrowding, extreme heat, and lack of amenities. The history of violence, the abundance of weaponry, the lack of supervision, and the absence of necessary security measures supports the jury’s finding of deliberate indifference to inmate safety.” The appeals court awarded 635,000 dollars to Flanders. Arpaio was held personally liable for thirty-five percent of the judgment.

That same year, Scott Norberg died of positional asphyxia after being beaten and forced into a restraint chair by guards. Norberg was tased more than twenty times although he was fully subdued and posed no threat to the officers. Research by the (ABC) 20/20 investigative staff indicates that the officers involved knowingly ignored signs that they were killing Norberg.

Although many healthy men and women have exited Arpaio’s jails in a gurney, it seems that the infirm and disabled are at particularly high risk in Maricopa County’s gulags. In fact, in some cases, it seems that they are singled out for abuse.

Deborah Braillard was a diabetic inmate who was denied her insulin for over two days. When her constant moaning became too much for her cellmates to bear, the guards moved her to an empty cell where she could writhe in pain alone. She died in the hospital.

Mentally handicapped Charles Agster, who weighed only a hundred and thirty-two pounds, was arrested on loitering charges after refusing to leave a convenience store. He was taken into the prison hogtied and wrenched so tightly into a restraint chair that he died within minutes. Although Arpaio admits no wrongdoing, he refuses to let the family of Charles Agster see the surveillance footage of their son being put into the restraint chair.

Paraplegic, wheelchair-bound Richard Post was arrested for being disruptive in a bar. After some time in a cell he complained to the guards that his catheter was full. He flushed the toilet several times in order to get their attention. Instead of giving him medical care the guards strapped him into the restraint chair so tightly that they broke his neck. He is now a quadriplegic.

A blind inmate, Brian Crenshaw, who refused to show his identification card in a lunch line, was savagely beaten by guards and left in his cell for six days without medical treatment. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Arpaio insists Crenshaw suffered ruptured intestines, a broken neck, several broken toes, and extensive internal bleeding from “falling off a bunk” a little over four feet high.

 

[rgraham666]

I've even heard of Arpaio here in Canada. It's a classic case of how some people shouldn't have any power at all.

 

[cantdog]

But, evidently that's the point of the place, eh, Box?

 

[DesertPirate]

I've even heard of Arpaio here in Canada. It's a classic case of how some people shouldn't have any power at all.

The voters of Maricopa County sure keep electing him don't they?
The inmates opinions don't really matter.
Tents in Phoenix in Summer, the man has the right idea.

 

[Elianna]

I've had the misfortune to meet Mr. Arpaio. He is an ass. He was disrespectful to everyone involved. He treated people badly. He delivered an awful message. I was ashamed to have him as a guest at my place of employment. I have never known a person who was so overtly rude and disrespectful to others.

I believe that prison should NOT be fun.

However, I have respect for humanity. After meeting the man, I believe he does not. That makes me very afraid. I think he does some pretty awful things(such as blatant torture and abuse), but he's got the money and power to hide them. He sickens me.

 

[Boxlicker101]

But, evidently that's the point of the place, eh, Box?

The things being said here are a far cry from having to wear pink underwear.