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Re: The economics of incarceration

--- Peter Hollings <phollings@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Interesting. Subjectively, I would agree with the
conclusion that we
are
incarcerating too many. For example, if the costs of
incarceration are
$46,000/year, we ought to be able to rehabilitate many
criminals for
less than that.

---

Hell, you could probably keep a lot of petty criminals
off the street by just PAYING him or her $46,000/year.

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