In Mexico, a well-stocked bar -- behind bars

Chihuahua State Prosecutor's Office photo.

We've all heard the term "country club prison," used to describe minimum-security jails housing non-violent and sometimes celebrity prisoners. In the northern Mexican state of Chihauhua the country club prison also has a bar.

An inspection of the facility turned up, among other things, 200 cans of beer, 12 bottles of tequila, 20 bottles of vodka -- plus several pool tables and a serving bar.

Jorge Chaires of the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said the deputy director of the prison was fired after police discovered the prison bar. Also discovered were three guns, numerous cell phones, heroin and marijuana.

This wasn't the first time the facility was found to have accumulated banned items. Three years ago, a similar police inspection collected dozens of flat-screen TVs, refrigerators, computers, cell phones, microwave ovens and other electrical goods.

Electrical items confiscated in an earlier raid.

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