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PHOENIX — A sheriff has created a chain gang of drunken-driving convicts wearing pink shirts and performing burials of people who died of alcohol abuse.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he wants the chain gang to act as a deterrent to potential drunken drivers. He has already used the color pink on inmates — he issued them pink underwear.
“Maybe this will warn people — knock it off, don’t drink and drive,” Arpaio said. “You’ll end up in pink underwear on the chain gang.”
Arizona had the sixth-highest number of alcohol-related fatalities in the nation last year at 585, up 15 percent from 2005, according to records of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
