Sheriff Joe Arpaio puts inmates on 'bread and water' for flag desecration

By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News

Ross D. Franklin / AP file

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, seen here at a December news conference, says 38 inmates at the jail have desecrated American flags.

 

Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says 38 inmates have rebelled against his new policy of putting American flags in jail cells, desecrating the Stars and Stripes and earning them what he calls a diet of "bread and water."

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