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Arkansas Sheriff Bent on "Saving" Prisoners
Loaded on March 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1999, page 16
Arkansas Sheriff Bent on "Saving" PrisonersThey call him "Sheriff Andy," you know, just like the TV show. But if your butt lands in Sheriff Andy Lee's Benton County (Arkansas) jail, you won't think you're stuck in a Mayberry R.F.D. rerun. More like held captive on the Christian cable channel. ...
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