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minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoThe cost of keeping someone in (EDIT: SOME prisons) is nearly $1000 daily. That’s the monthly national minimum wage.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoThat’s okay though because they force the prisoners to pay for their imprisonment and that turns into debt the prison company or state can collect on.
minus-squaredubyakaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoSource on those figures? Not that I doubt you. I just need to cite for stupid.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-25 months agohttps://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-do-states-spend-on-prisons/ So not nearly that much but $65k is $175 per person per day. That’s over triple national minimum wage
The cost of keeping someone in (EDIT: SOME prisons) is nearly $1000 daily.
That’s the monthly national minimum wage.
That’s okay though because they force the prisoners to pay for their imprisonment and that turns into debt the prison company or state can collect on.
Source on those figures? Not that I doubt you. I just need to cite for stupid.
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-do-states-spend-on-prisons/
So not nearly that much but $65k is $175 per person per day. That’s over triple national minimum wage