I thought "Wow, only $37,000 for a three-year sentence? I thought it cost more than that per year!" But apparently I was looking at California standards. Compare:
At the extremes, New York pays $55K per prisoner and Montana just $11K. This is insane.
It looks like California should be looking at solving its budget problems by outsourcing its prisons to Montana. This would save approximately four billion dollars a year.
http://nicic.gov/features/statestats/?State=MO average cost per inmate $16K to
http://nicic.gov/features/statestats/?State=CA average cost per inmate $45K.
At the extremes, New York pays $55K per prisoner and Montana just $11K. This is insane.
It looks like California should be looking at solving its budget problems by outsourcing its prisons to Montana. This would save approximately four billion dollars a year.