tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post1650700068380231675..comments2024-03-29T05:15:40.793-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Prison-Industrial complexFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-10713404519119188482019-01-25T08:57:19.920-08:002019-01-25T08:57:19.920-08:00https://www.marketplace.org/2017/05/15/world/how-m...https://www.marketplace.org/2017/05/15/world/how-much-does-it-cost-send-someone-prison<br /><br />>>According to the Vera Institute of Justice, incarceration costs an average of more than $31,000 per inmate, per year, nationwide. In some states, it's as much as $60,000. Taxpayers foot the bill for feeding, housing and securing people in state and federal penitentiaries.<<<br /><br /><br />Those are no questions asked tax dollars! Ka-ching!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-1827828831693074212019-01-25T08:52:50.320-08:002019-01-25T08:52:50.320-08:00The prisons are just a part of the justice industr...The prisons are just a part of the justice industry. A very profitable part but still just part of it.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.com