Under a new proposal, three regional prisons would hold all of South Carolina's illegal immigrants as they await deportation, officials said, easing the burden on local jails but raising the concerns of some advocates for the poor.
Several counties in North Carolina also have been considering similar prisons.
Under South Carolina's current system, illegal immigrants who commit crimes are held in county jails while they wait for the Department of Homeland Security to transfer them to Atlanta, the closest federal immigration court. Sheriffs of some S.C. counties already complain that their jails operate every day above their capacity, and removing inmates slated for deportation to a special holding facility could help.
Drafted by the S.C. Sheriffs' Association after discussions with the governor's office and federal immigration officials, the new plan divides the state into three broad regions, and places an approximately 400-bed jail in each region.
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