Twenty Years Of In-Tents Treatment: How Sheriff Joe Arpaio Put Racism On Display | ThinkProgress

Twenty Years Of In-Tents Treatment: How Sheriff Joe Arpaio Put Racism On Display | ThinkProgress: On August 2, 1993, Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio set up a so-called Tent City, an outdoor jail with electric fencing that can hold more than two thousand immigrant detainees. Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the Tent City and as he has done in the past, Arpaio will mark the anniversary with a celebration. But for those who have been subject to public display, humiliation, and severe living conditions, its legacy is anything but celebratory.