January 25, 2010
Gov wants to build private prisons in Mexico for CA’s criminal aliens
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger floated an unusual suggestion Monday on how to cut the state's bloated prison costs with a private venture — build a private prison in Mexico.
"We pay them to build the prison down in Mexico, and then we have those undocumented immigrants be down there in prison," Schwarzenegger told a gathering of the Sacramento Press Club. "And with the prison guards and all this, it would be half the cost."
The governor's remark came amid alarm from law enforcement and crime victim groups about a new program meant to thin the state's prison population through early release…
LINK - KCRA.com
