Boob Tube Becomes Bike Tube

Sheriff Arpaio makes inmates pedal to watch TV
AP

PHOENIX -Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has started a program he calls "Pedal Vision," in which inmates pedal stationary bikes to generate electricity for television sets. The bikes are customized to turn on connected TV sets once inmates at Phoenix's Tent City Jail pedal enough to generate 12 volts of electricity. An hour of pedaling equals an hour of television.

Arpaio said inmates only will be able to watch television if they choose to pedal.
He said he started the program with female inmates because they seemed more receptive.

Arpaio said the only exercise female inmates have been getting is speed-walking around the tent yard.

He said Pedal Vision gives them a reason to get moving and a way to burn calories.

Way to go Sheriff. Now instead of churing out a bunch of docile, overweight, TV brainwashed criminals you've gone and pumped up the bad guys. The last thing we need is a bunch of super fast, agile criminals. It's like Sheriff Arpaio is trying to crank out a master breed of the misedemeanorers. Cops have a hard enough time chasing these people down as is. Let's just hope this doesn't catch on at the men's prison. If it does you might start seeing crackheads win marathons.