Official: No plans to ship Calif inmates to Mexico

By The Associated Press
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 6:05 p.m.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California has no plans to ship inmates to prisons in Mexico, despite an off-the-cuff remark this week from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Gordon Hinkle said Tuesday that prison officials have not discussed or studied housing inmates in another country.

He said they will consult with the governor's office after Schwarzenegger made the comments Monday before a gathering of the Sacramento Press Club.

Schwarzenegger said the state could save money by working with the Mexican government to build and operate prisons for some California inmates.

More than 70 percent of the 19,000 illegal immigrants imprisoned in California are from Mexico.

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