{"id":6841,"date":"2009-12-20T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T11:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/arizona-inmates-forced-to-list.html"},"modified":"2009-12-20T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T11:09:33","slug":"arizona-inmates-forced-to-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/arizona-inmates-forced-to-list.html","title":{"rendered":"Arizona inmates forced to listen to Christmas music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can’t blame the inmates for filing suit, especially Arpaio plays the music<\/a> all day long:<\/p>\n

Sheriff Joe Arpaio – the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” in America – likes Christmas music, especially “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and anything by Alvin and the Chipmunks, and apparently he thinks the 8,000 inmates inside his Phoenix jail should, too.
\nSo it was with some glee that his Maricopa County office announced Thursday in a red-and-green press release that the “sixth and perhaps final lawsuit” brought by inmates to stop the sheriff from playing the holiday songs all day, every day, during the holidays had been dismissed in federal court.
\n[…]
\nHe said that his Christmas selections were multi-ethnic and culturally diverse, from all faiths and ethnicities. He told The Washington Times earlier this year that in addition to tunes by Alvin and the Chipmunks, the music included the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Bing Crosby and Doctor Demento. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can’t blame the inmates for filing suit, especially Arpaio plays the music all day long: Sheriff Joe Arpaio – the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” in America – likes Christmas music, especially “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and anything by Alvin and the Chipmunks, and apparently he thinks the 8,000 inmates inside his Phoenix jail should, too. 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