Mich. Gov. Offers To Take Some Of CA Prisoners ... For Money

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Mich. in talks to possibly take Calif. prisoners

By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN
Associated Press Writer


LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm sent a letter Monday to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger formally offering to house - for a fee - some of the Golden State's prison inmates.

Michigan plans to close two prisons by the end of September: the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility about 145 miles northwest of Detroit and a medium-security prison in Muskegon, located in central Michigan.

Michigan could save the jobs of about half of the 1,000 prison guards it plans to lay off by Oct. 1 if California accepts the offer, and California could alleviate some of its prison overcrowding.

California corrections spokesman Seth Unger said Monday that his state plans to send a team in mid-July to look over the prisons and determine if a deal makes sense. The state has 7,600 of its 168,000 inmates in private correctional facilities in Arizona, Tennessee, Mississippi and Oklahoma, but so far none are in state-run prisons outside California.

"If Michigan can offer the same level of security and a competitive price that makes sense for California taxpayers, we would take a look at it," Unger said. California spends about $46,000 a year housing each inmate in-state.

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Pathetic.

[Jkid]

2. Better Idea

Release all non-violent drug offenders.

Reserve prison for real criminals.

[Fire1]

3. THAT makes more sense than anything else. n/t

[Hippo_Tron]

6. That would be the sensical thing to do

[blue_onyx]

8. Our Gov. wants to release

some non-violent offenders and also change sentencing guidelines to save money. The party-of-NO, however, is against this.

[Raineyb]

4. Is she daft?

If California had the money they wouldn't need to ship prisoners anywhere.

We could as has already been suggested release the non violent drug offenders and save the space for the truly deranged.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Apparently, CA has more $$$ than MI. n/t

[annarbor]

7. Hell...

Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana combined, have more money than we have!

Ann Arbor

[ColbertWatcher]

9. That's what I was afraid of.

And California is not doing so great either.