New York City Jails Are Getting A Lot More Violent

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http://www.businessinsider.com/r-new-york-city-jail-violence-rises-despite-more-spending-report-2014-10



NEW YORK (Reuters) - Violence has increased in New York City's jail system over the past seven years even as the city has spent more money to deal with a steadily declining inmate population, the city's comptroller said in an analysis released on Friday.

The annual cost per inmate has increased by more than 42 percent to $96,232 since 2007, the analysis said, while the average daily population has decreased to about 11,400 inmates this year, from nearly 14,000.

In that same time, violent fights and assaults involving inmates or guards have increased. Inmate assaults on staff more than doubled to about 70 assaults per 1,000 inmates this year. Guards using force on inmates has nearly tripled to 370 instances per 1,000 inmates.

The analysis joins a growing list of indictments against the city's jail system, particularly the Rikers Island jail complex, issued by almost every official who has looked into it, including the city's mayor and U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors.



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1. 96k per inmate year for gladiator training

They could give each a fine college education, a private hotel room and a personal guard for that $

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2. $263.65 per day

Social Security average $30 per day