Friday, August 23, 2013

Taxpayer cost of housing NYC prisoners last year: $167,000 per inmate

Taxpayer cost of housing NYC prisoners last year: $167,000 per inmate - NYPOST.com:
"Crime doesn’t pay — but it costs a fortune.
The city spent about $167,000 per inmate last year and had 12,287 prisoners on an average day, according to the Independent Budget Office’s first-ever study of the Big Apple’s jails."

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