PETA spokesperson Pamela Anderson joined forces with Arizona sheriff ArpaioJoe Arpaio to promote the benefits of a vegetarian diet for prisoners . Joe Arpaio says cutting meat from the meals served to the more than 8,000 inmates has saved an estimated $ 200,000 per year . Reporters on a previous visit to the prison discovered the carrots in the stew were brown and that the soy looked like 'wood chips ' The PR stunt at Maricopa County Jail on Wednesday has been described as ' a new low for PETA ' Joe Arpaio is better known for his controversial opinions and racial profiling of Latinos , than his dedication to a vegetarian diet .
PETA spokesperson Pamela Anderson joined forces with Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio to promote the benefits of a vegetarian diet for prisoners . Arpaio says cutting meat from the meals served to the more than 8,000 inmates has saved an estimated $ 200,000 per year . Reporters on a previous visit to the prison discovered the carrots in the stew were brown and that the soy looked like 'wood chips ' The PR stunt at Maricopa County Jail on Wednesday has been described as ' a new low for PETA ' Arpaio is better known for his controversial opinions and racial profiling of Latinos , than his dedication to a vegetarian diet .