Comment on It's never been about helping people

AVincentInSpace@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  !$66,000 to incarcerate someone!< vera.org/…/the-price-of-jails-measuring-the-taxpa…

  Caveat to this. It looks like the number is actually closer to 45-50ish thousand. $66,000 seems to be closer to the cost of caring for the aging incarcerated population.

  !$16,000 to feed and house someone!< pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8863642/

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