As California closes prisons, the cost of locking someone up hits new record at $132,860

Truth7t7 · Nov 20, 2024

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As California closes prisons, the cost of locking someone up hits new record at $132,860

January 23, 2024

The cost of imprisoning one person in California has increased by more than 90% in the past decade, reaching a record-breaking $132,860 annually, according to state finance documents.

That’s nearly twice as expensive as the annual undergraduate tuition — $66,640 — at the University of Southern California, the most costly private university in the state.

Maria Billingsley · Nov 20, 2024

Truth7t7 said:
Cal-Matters
As California closes prisons, the cost of locking someone up hits new record at $132,860
January 23, 2024

The cost of imprisoning one person in California has increased by more than 90% in the past decade, reaching a record-breaking $132,860 annually, according to state finance documents.

That’s nearly twice as expensive as the annual undergraduate tuition — $66,640 — at the University of Southern California, the most costly private university in the state.

What is the point of this post? It simply states that California, along with several states with higher than average cost of living, spend more. Additionally. California offers many programs including education, healthcare and rehabilitation as well as humane prison conditions all of which cost more money.
Now we can look at the other end of the spectrum.

Please inform yourself.

"In 2020, the number of deaths in American prisons increased to 6,182, up from 4,240 in 2019, even as the prison population decreased. Some states with high mortality rates in 2020 had a history of high prison deaths, including: Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, and West Virginia. "

Factors that contribute to high prison mortality rates include: long sentences, harsh conditions, poor public health, lack of testing, lack of mental care and lack of rehabilitation programs

eleos1954 · Nov 20, 2024

Truth7t7 said:
Cal-Matters
As California closes prisons, the cost of locking someone up hits new record at $132,860
January 23, 2024

The cost of imprisoning one person in California has increased by more than 90% in the past decade, reaching a record-breaking $132,860 annually, according to state finance documents.

That’s nearly twice as expensive as the annual undergraduate tuition — $66,640 — at the University of Southern California, the most costly private university in the state.

well ... that's not really a fair comparison ..... the prison system is responsible, for food, housing and medical concerns and other miscellaneous needs and those aspects are not included in tuitions ... those in the prison are totally dependent on the prison system ... whereas in higher education system they are not.

Truth7t7 · Nov 20, 2024

Maria Billingsley said:
What is the point of this post? It simply states that California, along with several states with higher than average cost of living, spend more. Additionally. California offers many programs including education, healthcare and rehabilitation as well as humane prison conditions all of which cost more money.
Now we can look at the other end of the spectrum.

Please inform yourself.

"In 2020, the number of deaths in American prisons increased to 6,182, up from 4,240 in 2019, even as the prison population decreased. Some states with high mortality rates in 2020 had a history of high prison deaths, including: Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, and West Virginia. "

Factors that contribute to high prison mortality rates include: long sentences, harsh conditions, poor public health, lack of testing, lack of mental care and lack of rehabilitation programs

Massachusetts $307K a year "Wow"!

US Senators Make $174K annually at this time

Published: June 9, 2024

In this map, we illustrate the cost per prisoner across all U.S. states.

Vambram · Nov 20, 2024

IMO, it doesn't make any sense to spend more money per year on average for a prisoner than the amount of money to pay for a free person in the USA to live a decent life.

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