RI spends more on prisons than higher ed (2015, crime)

[MMS02760]

11 states spend more on prisons than on higher education - Oct. 1, 2015

[neguy99]

Dissapointing, but plenty of states have been headed this way. It's partly why students are graduating with such incredible debt burdens nowadays.

What really surprised me in those numbers was Oregon. In most of the states where prison spending exceeds higher ed spending, it's only by a little bit (i.e., in RI prison spending is like 5% more than college spending). In Oregon, prison spending is THREE TIMES higher ed spending. Oregon is #2 in the nation in prison spending, and #50 in the nation in college spending. Not quite the model high-tech paradise that Portlandiaphiles imagine.

[Huckleberry3911948]

Cost per convict is 77000 dollars a years
Most are deemed unfit to work by prison Doctor
When a crime is committed the taxpayer is punished

[sandsonik]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry3911948

Most are deemed unfit to work by prison Doctor

Do you have a source for that, and are you speaking in general or about RI?

[Rival1]

Know why prisons are so expensive?

Because they are worth it. Keep the dirtbags locked away at any cost.