Inflight Entertainment => The missing link => Topic started by: Baradium on July 14, 2007, 07:47:49 AM
Title: Rhode Island to try 17 year olds as adults to save money...
Post by: Baradium on July 14, 2007, 07:47:49 AM
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3373391
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Gov. Don Carcieri, a Republican, proposed the change earlier this year as a way to close a $450 million budget shortfall. It costs an average of $40,000 a year to house an inmate at the state prison less than half the $98,000 it costs to put a teen through the Rhode Island Training School, where juveniles attend classes and receive rehabilitative services.
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After the law was passed, the state Department of Corrections pointed out that inmates under 18 are placed for their protection in the state prison's expensive high security unit, where the average annual cost per prisoner is roughly $100,000, a department spokeswoman said.
So not only does everyone think this is a bad idea except that is saves money... it actually costs more!
Title: Re: Rhode Island to try 17 year olds as adults to save money...
Post by: airtac on July 20, 2007, 03:55:40 PM
Should just ship the little punks to Texas where they know how to uphold the will of the people ::cowboy::
