Friday, 29 January 2010 11:31
California's governor has suggested relocating an estimated 20,000 prison inmates to Mexico as the state's overcrowded detention centers are adding to its financial problems amid an imminent bankruptcy.
According to AFP, Arnold Schwarzenegger maintains that by outsourcing prison care to Mexico, California can solve its prison crisis.
The governor says the state would pay Mexico to build and maintain the prison, which he says would save the state approximately 1 billion dollars.
Jorge-Mario Cabrera Valladares, from the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights in Los Angeles, thinks differently, saying the state is not going to solve the prison crisis by sending inmates to Mexico.
California plans to release prisoners convicted of non-violent offenses.
According to Cabrera, a large number of the undocumented inmates fall under that category and should be released.
http://english.irib.ir/index.php/news/political/30400-california-hints-at-sending-prisoners-to-mexico
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