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09-04-2013 08:44 AM |
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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
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I doubt it saves that much money. The state already spent tons on his defense. The cost to incarcerate a prisoner is usually computed by dividing the cost of the prison construction and maint. by the number of inmates. Those costs don't go down because one offs himself. His cell will be filled tomorrow and the giant prison industry won't skip a beat.
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It can be looked at in terms of $/inmate-day but it's seldom looked at that way - I've worked on a couple of prison projects and it's usually just general capital funds that some politician or bureaucrat decides can be allocated for building a prison in order to curry favor with some group or another. Typically it's just $/sq. ft. like most other construction. I do agree with you though - there is a HUGE industry in this country that's built around incarceration (security, security, security - it's all anyone has to say to make the stingy beancounters open up their wallets and write bigger checks). Training, new equipment, new surveillance, higher operating budgets, larger staff, more lights and gizmos, etc. It all is justified in the name of security and is BIG money.
It's really an astonishing thing to have the chance to be involved with correctional work. Very interesting actually. Lots of challenges.
Prisons are HUGE energy consumers as well. Very, very difficult to get an efficient correctional facility.
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