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Philadelphia: Cost of prisons: it's criminal

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Cost of prisons: it's criminal Philadelphia Daily News April 20, 2009 OUR APPROACH TO CRIMINAL justice has become so criminally dysfunctional that it may no longer shock to learn that in Philadelphia, we spend twice as much housing each prisoner as we do educating each child. The city spends roughly $100 a day on each prisoner (see how we get to that figure on Page 21) and the total budget is a whopping $289 million. The city puts more people in prison than any other major muncipality in the nation. And here's the real killer: Despite the fact that every year we spend more money and lock up more people - and for longer periods of time - we are no less beleaguered by crime than ever. It's time to acknowledge that putting people away has less and less connection with controlling crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).