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Originally Posted by BringerofStorms I got the stats from an ethics textbbok, and you might be able to find them on the Amnesty International website. The extra cost of the death penalty comes from all the extra legal proceedings and stuff to ensure that the person being executed is actually guilty.
Also, inmates can work in the prison to pay for those necessities and thus reduce the cost of their upkeep. I once heard that at one time in Texas, the cost of keeping someone in jail was under $500 per year due to all the work that the inmates did. |
I'll check that out, thanks. Now the whole question of prisoners working is another question all together. I suppose any in house work is fine, but out here in my neck of the woods we actually have a problem with the whole deal. Seems that a local medium security prison decided that it would be a good idea to teach their inmates to silkscreen. That's all fine and dandy except now they get several local county and city bids (since they are much cheaper than local printers) and to boot they actually started to advertise. Now isn't that a bitch...I always thought it was illegal for prisons to compete with local businesses.