Wednesday, January 4, 2012
We Have Our Priorities
According to Correctional Services Canada, the average annual cost of
keeping someone in a federal prison in Canada in 2004-2005 was $88,067 . Now compare that to the annual amount spent per
student in Canada during the same time period of $8726 including operating budgets and salaries.
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A very revealing set of stats. Wish more politicians (and the population in general) were aware of this.
ReplyDeleteHi Way Way Up The numbers do speak for themselves which is why I offered no commentary. Education is the most effective tool for keeping people out of prison in the first place
ReplyDeleteCorrectional services expenditures totalled almost $3 billion in 2005/6, up 2% from the previous year.
ReplyDeleteCustodial services (prisons) accounted for the largest proportion (71%) of the expenditures, followed by community supervision services (14%), headquarters and central services (14%), and National Parole Board and provincial parole boards (2%).
This figure does not include policing or court costs which bring the total expenditures up to more than $10 billion for the year.
Cost of incarcerating a Federal prisoner (2004/5): $259.05 per prisoner/per day
Cost of incarcerating a Federal female prisoner (2004/5): $150,000-$250,000 per prisoner/per year
Cost of incarcerating a Federal male prisoner (2004/5): $87,665 per prisoner/per year
Cost of incarcerating a provincial prisoner (2004/5): $141.78: per prisoner/per day
The cost of alternatives such as probation, bail supervision and community supervision range from $5-$25/day.
Hi Min all more expensive than treating mental illness and addiction plus education all of which are proven to reduce crime and of course prison populations.
ReplyDeleteBetter outcomes at a lower cost who could be opposed to that....oh wait...MERDE!