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It's still cheaper than incarceration, which apparently costs $64K in 2015[0]. [0] https://www.vera.org/publications/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trend
by mrtksn 4y ago
It's still cheaper than incarceration, which apparently costs $64K in 2015[0].
[0] https://www.vera.org/publications/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends-prison-spending https://www.vera.org/publications/price-of-prisons-2015-stat...
- xyzzyz 4y agoIt costs as much in California, because of activism that deliberately makes it more expensive than necessary and then claims that it is too expensive to make sense. California could strike a deal with Kentucky, Oklahoma, or Nevada to send their prisoners there at half the price it costs to incarcerate them in California, and save billions while allowing the destination states to make very nice profit as well. Of course, this is not going to happen, because high prison costs in California is a feature, not a bug.
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- woooooo 4y agoDo you have any cites for this claim? Honest ask, it sounds very "california" but CA is also an expensive state in general.
- ahefner 4y agoWe do need to get that figure down. The US can benefit greatly from mass incarceration, if only we can get the costs under control.