Sheriff Joe Archive
Over the past 20 years, Phoenix New Times has reported on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's serious abuse of power. The self-described "Toughest Sheriff in America" has fostered horrendous jail conditions, reckless police operations, and carried out personal vendettas against political rivals and members of the press. In the past year or more, he has also appointed himself enforcer of the nation's immigration laws in Arizona, and a whole new series of problems has emerged. Foremost, he and his deputies have violated the Constitutional rights of brown-skinned U.S. citizens and have committed outright cruelty against the undocumented.
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High-Speed ChasteVoasWill county auditors be Arpaio's Waterloo?By: Jeremy Voas -Published: January 25, 2001
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Muck My DayNewsSheriff candidate fears dirty politicsBy: Robert Nelson -Published: September 21, 2000
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Posse GaloreFeatureStaking out Maricopa County's wildest political race -- to unseat Sheriff Joe ArpaioBy: Robert Nelson -Published: August 24, 2000
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Soft CellNewsSpecial handling for a federal prosecutor's drunken-driving case sparks controversy in sheriff's ranksBy: Robert Nelson -Published: August 03, 2000
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Chain ReactionFeatureWhy some inmates dig the pauper-planting female chain gangBy: Terry Greene Sterling and Paolo Vescia -Published: September 23, 1999
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The Plot To Assassinate ArpaioFeatureIt was a diabolical scheme. Problem is, most of it was hatched by the Sheriff's OfficeBy: John Dougherty -Published: August 05, 1999
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Moving TargetNewsVocal leader of deputy's group is candidate for dismissalBy: Tony Ortega -Published: June 10, 1999
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Blowing His CoolNewsSheriff Joe Arpaio is trying to fire another deputy who alleges wrongdoing in the sheriff's officeBy: Tony Ortega -Published: May 27, 1999
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Underwear Under ScrutinyNewsFBI subpoenas Posse Foundation records of sale of pink boxersBy: Tony Ortega -Published: May 13, 1999
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109 Degrees of IncarcerationNewsCounty inmate Lance Hawthorne died in a cell whose vent had been closed as a form of punishmentBy: Tony Ortega -Published: May 06, 1999
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Insider AccountNewsOne of sheriff's former henchmen tells of dubious tacticsBy: Tony Ortega -Published: April 29, 1999
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Detention MountsNewsCounty jails are understaffed, but there seems to be plenty of money for the sheriff's pet projectsBy: Tony Ortega -Published: April 22, 1999
From the Print Edition
Inside the Phoenix PD's Use of Federal Anti-Terrorism Resources to Track Valley Protesters
It's mid-October 2011, and Occupy Phoenix protesters sit in a city park, some with their arms locked, most chanting: "We are the 99 percent!" They are part of a movement gaining momentum… More >>
Montgomery, the Republic, and Arpaio Want Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox to Zip It on Melendres
Brown people in this county just need keep their yaps shut, particularly when it comes to something that concerns them directly, like the anti-Latino bigotry that has so thoroughly infected… More >>
Recently, a co-worker turned me on to a website that features many videos of unspeakable atrocities the drug cartels are committing in Mexico, many graphically displaying murders and beheadings. I… More >>
Fried: Chow Bella Writers Tell Stories of Food and Heat
DRIVE-THRU by Katie Johnson "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?" I'm 7 years old and I'm kneeling behind a low wooden chest in my parent's cookie-cutter home in Ahwatukee. My stepfather,… More >>
Joe Arpaio and the MCSO Need a Court-Appointed Babysitter in the Melendres Racial-Profiling Case
Would you trust Joe Arpaio and his underlings to police themselves in the wake of U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow's May 24 order, which found that the Maricopa County… More >>
In Philadelphia, where I live, there are three Spanish-language stations on regular broadcast television. None of them offer English subtitles. I bet plenty of people of all heritages would like… More >>
Citizen Journalist Dennis Gilman and His Video Camera Take on the Valley of the Sun
The cops march down Jefferson Street in black riot gear, lobbing tear-gas canisters that erupt into clouds of violet and lawn-green. Even the bursts of electric-yellow pepper spray they unleash… More >>
Bill Montgomery Would Rather Talk About Jodi Arias Than Judge Snow's Order, and Here's Why
The first cracks in the Berlin Wall have begun, but Comrade Montgomery's unwilling to concede the inevitable. When it comes to those gaps in the concrete, he'd rather not discuss them… More >>
U.K.'s spectacular Guardian newspaper has asked me to field questions for its readers as part of the paper's summer travel package — turns out Brits want to know more about… More >>
