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Originally Posted by Shasown
Yeah i saw Coppers too, wonder where they got that figure from? Official Home Office figures state a prison place in England and Wales costs £41000 per year
"Each new prison place costs £170,000 to build and maintain, and the cost per prisoner per year is £41,000.
Taking the cost of established places and the new build cost would give an average of £105,000 but thats only till the prison is paid for then costs fall back to lower than original levels.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8640399.stm
http://www.civitas.org.uk/pubs/prisonValue.php
However with Scotland factored in it costs £37,500 as per 2007 figures
"The costs of actually keeping prisoners within prison vary significantly, but
average £37,500 per year."
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/medi...ng_summary.pdf
Maybe the Americans can teach us something about prison costings, it costs on average $22,000 per prisoner per year, thats less than £15,000. |
Even so.. that is still £41,000 better off elsewhere...