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How much to imprison for a year?

kyplumber
Any idea on what it costs to incarcerate someone for a year?
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  • bigmill
    If my crimal justice classes paid off at all I want to say its in the neighborhood of 30-40 thousand. More than to pay for a college student years tution and room and board.
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  • Henry0Reilly
    The least expensive annual rate I've heard is $17,000 but most states spend more than $25,000 per inmate, some a great deal more.
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  • bgjohn
    $52 in Joe Arpaio's tent city.
    JM[^]
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  • BarkingDog
    china can do it for $400 a year...with food and water it is slightly more
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  • kyplumber
    quote:Originally posted by BarkingDog
    china can do it for $400 a year...with food and water it is slightly more


    brilliant!!! we will subcontract china to hold our prisoners ;-0
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  • watrulookinat
    quote:china can do it for $400 a year...with food and water it is slightly more


    That's awsome.
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  • Colt Super
    I had read that for death row inmates it averages over $60,000.00 a year.

    Doug
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  • Nwcid
    Yeah the average that I have most commonly heard is about $50,000.
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  • Captplaid
    I hear it is cheap to keep a person alive than execute him. My response was "So?"
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  • Alpine
    I believe the figure is around $56,000.00.
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  • acm1288
    I remember my Criminal Justice professor saying that it was about 30,000 a year; and two to three times that for death row inmates
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  • spryor
    quote:Originally posted by acm1288
    I remember my Criminal Justice professor saying that it was about 30,000 a year; and two to three times that for death row inmates
    What a waste!! When One .22 shell is all that's needed.
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  • mateomasfeo
    quote:Originally posted by kyplumber
    Any idea on what it costs to incarcerate someone for a year?



    I charge $5000.
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  • FrancF
    Little off topic, Do these figures include inmate health care[?]
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  • dakotashooter2
    I truly believe incarceration is one thing the US SHOULD outsource. I don't think many criminals would be as eager to go to a mexican or maybe Russian prison as an American one and the cost would be 1/10 or less.
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  • Txs
    In Texas the state says the average annual cost for housing a general population inmate is $16,000. A death row inmate cost them $22,500 per year.

    It should be noted that the cost for drugs used in an execution $86.08. [;)]
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  • FEENIX
    Joe Arpaio always have special packages at reduced rate with a high return on investment [^].
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  • ladyhunter
    my 2cent worth we pay to much why do they need cable t.v. and the a/c set to 70 degrees year round or 3 meals that are better than most people eat i thought jail was supose to be a punishment to me its just free rent and board
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  • FEENIX
    quote:Originally posted by ladyhunter
    my 2cent worth we pay to much why do they need cable t.v. and the a/c set to 70 degrees year round or 3 meals that are better than most people eat i thought jail was supose to be a punishment to me its just free rent and board


    Not with Joe - tent city, MREs, the color pink, and chain gangs, etc ... [}:)].
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  • spanielsells
    quote:Originally posted by kyplumber
    quote:Originally posted by BarkingDog
    china can do it for $400 a year...with food and water it is slightly more


    brilliant!!! we will subcontract china to hold our prisoners ;-0

    I really don't have a problem with that.
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  • spanielsells
    quote:Originally posted by spryor
    quote:Originally posted by acm1288
    I remember my Criminal Justice professor saying that it was about 30,000 a year; and two to three times that for death row inmates
    What a waste!! When One .22 shell is all that's needed.
    The Chinese would bill the family for that, too.
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