VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 9 days agoIt's never been about helping peoplediscuss.onlineimagemessage-square149linkfedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down10
arrow-up11.12Karrow-down1imageIt's never been about helping peoplediscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square149linkfedilink
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoNot disagreeing, but can I get a source for those figures?
minus-squareTheLadyAugust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-28 days ago $66,000 to incarcerate someone https://www.vera.org/publications/the-price-of-jails-measuring-the-taxpayer-cost-of-local-incarceration Caveat to this. It looks like the number is actually closer to 45-50ish thousand. $66,000 seems to be closer to the cost of caring for the aging incarcerated population. $16,000 to feed and house someone https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8863642/
Not disagreeing, but can I get a source for those figures?
https://www.vera.org/publications/the-price-of-jails-measuring-the-taxpayer-cost-of-local-incarceration
Caveat to this. It looks like the number is actually closer to 45-50ish thousand. $66,000 seems to be closer to the cost of caring for the aging incarcerated population.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8863642/