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In California, this would be a fine that is currently less than half the price of the fine you'd pay for a jaywalking ticket. Louisiana probably considers this

• alasdair_ 13y ago
  And in Washington, this would be 100% legal.
• ihsw 13y ago
  The guarantee is also that the state would pay for the full shortfall of occupancy, for example in case the prisons are only 1% full then the state pays for the remainder. For instance: * given 1,500 expected occupancy, 96% is guaranteed by the state * provided 50% actual occupancy, the remaining 46% is paid in full by the state At a rate of $50K per inmate this translates into tens and hundreds of millions of dollars across the country -- paying for empty cells.