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Something is off about that number. They have a population of 10,000 and an operating budget of 1.3 billion. It can't cost them half a million per inmate.
by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
Something is off about that number. They have a population of 10,000 and an operating budget of 1.3 billion. It can't cost them half a million per inmate.
- ceejayoz 2y ago"Costs the city" and "costs the prison" are not the same thing.
- woodruffw 2y agoYep: the comptroller's estimates include all-in cost to the city, including health care for the city's imprisoned population. Given that Rikers acts as an asylum of last resort, the medical costs of the imprisoned population are likely not insignificant.
- ceejayoz 2y agoPension costs for the guards are probably also a thing.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoHere’s the underlying source: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/comptroller-stringer-cost-of-incarceration-per-person-in-new-york-city-skyrockets-to-all-time-high-2/ https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/comptroller-stringer-co... It’s still not very clear in breaking down the cost, but I suspect it has to do with increasing amounts of violent incidents and related tort claims. That increase is a broader pattern across the NYC Department of Corrections, with per capita assaults on staff quintupling over 10 years: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/nyc-department-of-correction/ https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/nyc-department-of-correc...