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kpete

(72,898 posts) Mon Sep 30, 2013, 09:22 AM Sep 2013

Each NY Prison Inmate Costs $167,000 a yr...Same Cost To Put A Young Person Thru Harvard for 4 yrs [View all]

Michael Skolnik ‏@MichaelSkolnik 2h
Each New York City prison inmate costs $167,000 a year… the same it would cost to put a young person through four years at Harvard.

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Each NY Prison Inmate Costs $167,000 a yr...Same Cost To Put A Young Person Thru Harvard for 4 yrs [View all] kpete Sep 2013 OP

That's an interesting tidbit. Xyzse Sep 2013 #1