Man spent 35 years on Death Row

[Coastal Ute]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/15/...ex.html?hpt=T2

Interesting. According to the article it costs around 86 dollars to execute a prisoner and 17 grand to detain them for an entire year. For some reason I was always under the impression that it cost much, much more for either option. Also, 35 years on death row? Wow.

[DrumNFeather]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/15/...ex.html?hpt=T2

Interesting. According to the article it costs around 86 dollars to execute a prisoner and 17 grand to detain them for an entire year. For some reason I was always under the impression that it cost much, much more for either option. Also, 35 years on death row? Wow.

I mean, at that point it'd be better to call it life row...

[creekster]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/15/...ex.html?hpt=T2

Interesting. According to the article it costs around 86 dollars to execute a prisoner and 17 grand to detain them for an entire year. For some reason I was always under the impression that it cost much, much more for either option. Also, 35 years on death row? Wow.

The high cost of death penalty cases comes from the legal process appurtenant to the sentence (mandatory appeals, etc.) not the incarceration.

[LiveCoug]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/15/...ex.html?hpt=T2

Interesting. According to the article it costs around 86 dollars to execute a prisoner and 17 grand to detain them for an entire year. For some reason I was always under the impression that it cost much, much more for either option. Also, 35 years on death row? Wow.

How in the world can it cost 17 grand a year to house a prisoner? Little cell, crappy food. Where's the cost coming from?

[Indy Coug]

How in the world can it cost 17 grand a year to house a prisoner? Little cell, crappy food. Where's the cost coming from?

What's the guard to prisoner ratio?

[old_gregg]

How in the world can it cost 17 grand a year to house a prisoner? Little cell, crappy food. Where's the cost coming from?

i think those numbers likely account for overall prison overhead on a per prisoner basis, in addition to food, medical treatment, etc.

[LiveCoug]

i think those numbers likely account for overall prison overhead on a per prisoner basis, in addition to food, medical treatment, etc.

Sure, but it still seems high. Unless, as Indy points out, the guard to prisoner ratio is high.

[wuapinmon]

Sure, but it still seems high. Unless, as Indy points out, the guard to prisoner ratio is high.

http://www.cepr.net/documents/public...on-2010-06.pdf

[LiveCoug]

http://www.cepr.net/documents/public...on-2010-06.pdf

Wow! The jump in the number of incarcerated (per 100k) since 1980 is insane!!!

[ewth8tr]

Wow! The jump in the number of incarcerated (per 100k) since 1980 is insane!!!

I'd imagine its related to the war on drugs".

[SuperGabers]

I mean, at that point it'd be better to call it life row...

I thought it was funny, bro.