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CA: Editorial Proposing Moving Prisoners to Jails from Prisons as a cost -cutting measure

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Editorial: Keeping low-risk felons in jail worth a look June 2, 2010 The state of California is notorious for balancing its budget on the backs of local governments, and on first blush, the governor?s plan to funnel some felony offenders to county jails sounded like it could be more of the same. Under a proposal announced earlier this month, some low-risk felony offenders sentenced to three years or less could do their time in county jails. On the plus side, that has the potential to save taxpayers a huge amount of money. Consider: It costs the county, on average, $85.91 per day ? or $31,357.15 per year ? to house an inmate in jail. Compare that to the $52,363 per year that it costs to house an inmate in prison, and it?s easy to see the potential savings...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).