Congress investigates Phoenix sheriff Joe Arpaio
Conyers’ statement said Arpaio subjected detainees to public display and “ritual humiliation” Feb. 4 when he invited media coverage of the transfer of immigrant detainees to a segregated area of a tent city jail — and said Arpaio’s policies have provoked lawsuits that have forced Maricopa County to pay out millions of dollars in settlements involving dead or injured inmates.