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Holy fuck this island costs WA tax payers $39,619,104 _just_ for the “inmates” per year

ceejayoz 8y ago
Try NYS on for size. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cost-per-inmate-is-nearly-168000-study-says.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cos... > New York State was the most expensive, with an average cost of $60,000 per prison inmate. [New York City] paid $167,731 to feed, house and guard each inmate last year, according to a study the Independent Budget Office released this week. The governor proposed free community college for inmates, citing drastic reductions in recidivism rates - it would've paid for itself many times over - but voters flipped out.
throwaway5752 8y ago
That's, what, a bit less than $200k per inmate? Food, shelter, plumbing, facilities upkeep, medical/psychological care, and very high security costs? That really isn't a surprising figure. Prison are incredibly expensive. It's a great argument for minimizing prison populations to only people that pose immediate threats to others and focusing as much as possible on reducing recidivism.
- NullPrefix 8y ago
  How did you arrive at that 200k number? 39.6 / 9 = 4.4 millions each
  - mschuster91 8y ago
    GP mentioned 9 residents working for the prison, not 9 inmates.
  - throwaway5752 8y ago
    I clicked the link to the story, and read the article's title which is, "On Washington's McNeil Island, the only residents are 214 dangerous sex offenders"
- bashallah 8y ago
  I’ve never made or spent $184,000 on my self in a single year. Why the fuck would a prisoner cost so much?
poulsbohemian 8y ago
It is kinda surprising, for only 200 people, that they don't shut it down and ship them to the state prison in Walla Walla, where violent offenders (death row, before the governor halted that) go.
- Fjolsvith 8y ago
  Legally, you cannot house a non-criminal with an incarcerated criminal. Opens up all kinds of liability issues should a non-criminal get hurt.

Try NYS on for size. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cost-per-inmate-is-nearly-168000-study-says.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cos... > New York State was the most expensive, with an average cost of $60,000 per prison inmate. [New York City] paid $167,731 to feed, house and guard each inmate last year, according to a study the Independent Budget Office released this week. The governor proposed free community college for inmates, citing drastic reductions in recidivism rates - it would've paid for itself many times over - but voters flipped out.

throwaway5752 8y ago

That's, what, a bit less than $200k per inmate? Food, shelter, plumbing, facilities upkeep, medical/psychological care, and very high security costs? That really isn't a surprising figure. Prison are incredibly expensive. It's a great argument for minimizing prison populations to only people that pose immediate threats to others and focusing as much as possible on reducing recidivism.

NullPrefix 8y ago
How did you arrive at that 200k number? 39.6 / 9 = 4.4 millions each
- mschuster91 8y ago
  GP mentioned 9 residents working for the prison, not 9 inmates.
- throwaway5752 8y ago
  I clicked the link to the story, and read the article's title which is, "On Washington's McNeil Island, the only residents are 214 dangerous sex offenders"
bashallah 8y ago
I’ve never made or spent $184,000 on my self in a single year. Why the fuck would a prisoner cost so much?

poulsbohemian 8y ago

It is kinda surprising, for only 200 people, that they don't shut it down and ship them to the state prison in Walla Walla, where violent offenders (death row, before the governor halted that) go.

Fjolsvith 8y ago
Legally, you cannot house a non-criminal with an incarcerated criminal. Opens up all kinds of liability issues should a non-criminal get hurt.