Housing US prisoners in Mexico jails

BBC News article: Schwarzenegger proposes Mexican jails take US inmates

Governor of the U.S. state of California Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested that special prisons in Mexico be built partially with U.S. money. The governor declared a state of fiscal emergency in California, where the prisons are some of the most crowded and underfunded in the United States. Building prisons and housing inmates would be a lot cheaper in Mexico than in California, saving an estimated billion dollars.

Several areas of this article relate to concepts in comparative government. The proposed partnership between the United States and Mexico in housing prisoners is a result of political and economic change. California has limited resources and is overcrowded, while Mexico is in need of money for their economy