02-03-2016, 06:19 PM
(02-03-2016, 06:17 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: The number of healthcare staff and guards are not as proportional to the number of inmates in the prison as you would think. When I worked at Lebanon Correctional there were 2 CO's per block, and it didn't change depending on how many inmates there are in that block. There would be ~200 inmates per block, and only 2 CO's, and that's in a closed security prison. In the "camp" there is very few inmates per block (the camp is for the minimum security inmates who do the yard work outside of the fences, work on the farm, and other things), and there is still 2 CO's per block (and there's about 200 inmates in the whole camp). The same goes for the healthcare staff in the infirmary.
Now obviously smaller prisons with less blocks will have less CO's, but I will guarantee you that there will only be the bare minimum of staff.
But all in all it costs around $50 a day to have just one inmate in prison.
You just confirmed it is proportional, though. The number of inmates in the population will determine the number of blocks with inmates in them, yes?
Also, at $50 a day per inmate, even the high end number given for California's program would be less than half the cost of incarcerating the person.
