NYC Spent More Than $447,000 Per Incarcerated Person in FY 2020

[soothsayer]

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Max Burns
@themaxburns
Now consider the possibilities for making real, positive change in the criminal justice system--for communities and the incarcerated--if we redirected more of those resources to avoiding costly imprisonment in the first place.

Hazel Crampton-Hays
@CramptonHays
NEW --> @NYCComptroller Stringer Analysis: City Spent More Than $447,000 Per Incarcerated Person in FY 2020
https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/comptroller-stringer-analysis-city-spent-more-than-447000-per-incarcerated-person-in-fy-2020-as-rates-of-violence-rise/

Eliza Orlins
@elizaorlins
Cost of a night at Rikers: $1,226
Cost of a night at the Ritz: ~$500

Prosecutors lock people up in awful conditions and call it "public safety" instead of being humane AND saving money.

What would YOU buy for the amount we are spending on incarceration?

https://wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-sees-record-jail-costs-in-coronavirus-pandemic-11615397543

[greenjar_01]

1. Clownish waste of resources

Historians will marvel at our cruelty and stupidity, supposing there is anyone left.

[soothsayer]

2. Cost of a night at Rikers: $1,226 Cost of a night at the Ritz: $500