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CT: Cost of prisons soar. Medical training costs almost as much as a year in prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Sunday, March 2, 2008 5:21 AM EST As prison population soars, so do costs BY PAUL HUGHES REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN HARTFORD -- Locking up convicted murderers costs almost as much as training medical students at the University of Connecticut. The difference is only $1,675 annually, but that small sum says a lot about the soaring costs of prisons. Today, the state government spends $665 million on the prison system and $700 million on the higher education system. Every taxpayer dollar spent on prisons is one dollar less for tax relief, education, roads and highways, health care or economic development. The average yearly cost of keeping an inmate in prison jumped $9,125 in last five years to $44,165, according to figures from the legislature's budget office...continue to full post

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