Atten. Greasy Wetbacks:....God Bless Sheriff Joe Arpaio: "We Speak English Here...Not A Foreign Language"

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Arpaio starts 2-week mandatory English classes for inmates

Mike Cronin
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 24, 2006 12:00 AM

Go directly to jail. Do pass a competency exam.

Non-English-speaking inmates in Maricopa County jails began mandatory
English classes on Monday.

At the end of their two-week course, inmates must take a test to see
how well they learned about American government, the words to God Bless
America and the communication of health and safety needs.
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"These inmates happen to be incarcerated in the United States of
America and in Maricopa County where I run the jails," Sheriff Joe
Arpaio said in a statement. "And we speak English here, not foreign
languages."

Classes will last two hours a day. The curriculum comprises the three
branches of government, how a bill becomes law, state government, law
enforcement and court services, and jailhouse "situational"
terminology.

Most students will be native-Spanish speakers. Of the 10,000 prisoners
in Maricopa County jails, about 3,000 are Hispanic, including roughly
1,000 undocumented immigrants.

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