From: "Robert G Lewis" 

I disagree about the cost, You would still need a secure perimeter, Guards
etc. I'd say with a tent city more guards would be required. However I
don't see the cost as being very important . This actually seems to a
reasonable solution  that I'll agree with even if it cost more.


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:436696a1{at}w3.nls.net...
> It won't cost that much for tent cities, and once the tent cities start,
> the
> illegal immigrants flow will dry up and therefore the numbers to
> incarcerate
> will be reduced dramatically.
>
> Gary
>
> "Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
> news:MPG.1dd03106e190add39896fb{at}news.barkto.com...
>> In article , bobcomer_removeme{at}mindspring.com
>> says...
>> > In theory not a bad idea, but think of the costs for the jail and
> courts...
>>
>> People are often surprised when they find how much it costs to house
>> criminals. I recall that the cost in the early 1990s was somewhere
>> around $24,000 per prisoner.
>>
>
>

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