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The Cost Issue in Ohio

By Steve Hall

The report, "Condemned inmates can cost Ohio $1M or more," by Jon Craig appeared in the Sunday edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer.  Here's an excerpt:Jailing, defending and prosecuting Ohio Death Row inmates costs taxpayers at least a half-million dollars and sometimes more than $1 million per inmate, according to an Enquirer review.The Ohio Attorney General's office said it spent at least $150,000 fighting the death-penalty appeals of William L. Garner, 37, for the 1992 murder of five children. Garner is set to be executed on Tuesday.It now costs $25,334-a-year on average to imprison an inmate in Ohio, according to the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Assuming the cost of incarcerating Garner for 17 1/2 years cost state taxpayers $20,000-a-year, the total cost exceeds $350,000...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 12, 2010 (boomark / email).