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“No, because the people are already a net drain on society.”

Not a 64,000$ drain on society. There’s roughly 1 correction officer per 4.9 inmates and that excludes many jobs associated with prisoners like administrative staff etc.

Inmates are really fucking expensive.


Oh you sweet summer child. I wish they only cost the taxpayers 64k a pop. (again, purely financial, ignoring the heath/safety/psychological).

> a single shelter bed could cost up to $70,000

https://sfstandard.com/2022/12/30/ending-homelessness-in-san...


64k is a slightly outdated national average. California pays $132,860 per inmate (2023) and SF is higher than that.




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