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AZ: Private Prisons cost taxpayers $7.76 a day more per prisoner than state prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Audit: Private Prisons Cost Slightly More ---(I would say this is quite an understatement) Sarah Buduson Reporter, KPHO.com November 3, 2010 PHOENIX -- A state audit of the Arizona Department of Corrections found private prisons cost taxpayers more money per inmate. The audit report says housing a medium-custody inmate at a private prison costs $55.89 per day. The daily cost of housing the same inmate at a state facility was calculated at $48.13 a day. State auditor Dale Chapman said there more extensive research is needed on the costs of private prisons. Chapman has examined Arizona's Department of Corrections budget and recommended state lawmakers invest money examining private prisons' price tag. "We think there would be a value in determining and spending time and resources on determining the costs of housing an inmate in a state facility versus a private facility," said Chapman...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 05, 2010 (boomark / email).