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Originally Posted by xentech
Why would they wanna free up jail space? Your government makes shitloads of money from your jurisdictional system, the more people in your jails the more money for your country. Why do you think your drug charges are so harsh already? They are ridiculous.
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Indeed the judicial system makes $$, but it sure isn't cheap to imprison somebody..
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The average annual operating cost per State inmate in 2001 was $22,650, or $62.05 per day. Among facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, it was $22,632 per inmate, or $62.01 per day.
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