NYC cost per inmate almost equals Ivy League education; Expenses tied to Rikers boost cost

[unhappycamper]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/30/nyc-cost-per-inmate-almost-equals-ivy-league-education-expenses-tied-to-rikers/

NYC cost per inmate almost equals Ivy League education; Expenses tied to Rikers boost cost
Published September 30, 2013
Associated Press

NEW YORK – A recent report has found it costs almost as much to jail an inmate in New York City in a year as it does to pay for four years at an Ivy League university.

The Independent Budget Office found it cost $167,731 in 2012 to house each of the 12,287 daily New York City inmates. That's about $460 per inmate per day.

Experts say certain, expensive fixed costs in New York's system keep the figure high despite a large drop in incarceration that peaked in 1991 with about 22,000 inmates.

Another factor is the hundreds of millions of dollars spent a year to run Rikers Island, the 400-acre island located next to the runways of LaGuardia Airport that has 10 jail facilities, thousands of staff, its own power plant and transportation system.

[golfguru]

1. Why not use NAFTA here?

We all know NAFTA has exported jobs to Mexico.
But here is one situation where NAFTA can be use to our advantage.

Export our prisoners to Mexican prisons!
It will save tons of money!!