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Stealing for $200 gives you one year in prison? Ouch.
by geon 14y ago
Stealing for $200 gives you one year in prison? Ouch.
- keithpeter 14y agoOuch for the taxpayers who pay for the prison places. According to a freedom of information request in 2008, it costs just over £200 per day per prisoner in the UK. About £60 per day is direct costs and the rest is amortisation of buildings &c. Made me think... weekend prison like in Scandanavia, alternatives to prison &c
- illuminate 14y agoFiscal conservatism means the state pays the eager prison industrials what, $60k+ for your 200 dollar loss.
- droithomme 14y agoVirginia lawmakers have tried to change the felony threshold to $500, but the law-and-order crowd in the state prefers the older $200 limit which has been there for decades and was more reasonable when originally set up. Even with a $500 limit though, most likely the cost to NASA of replacing a laptop meets that limit.