re: #50 pingjockey

I’d think it’s more than 25k a year to keep someone in prison. Factor in food, medical, guards time, etc…25k might be low. It’s way more expensive to house someone on death row IIRC.

Well I guess it’s a state thing, yes?

dc.state.fl.us

2. How much does it cost to incarcerate an inmate for a year?

In Fiscal Year 2008-09, it cost $18,980 a year or $52.00 a day to feed, clothe, house, educate and provide medical services for an inmate at any state facility, and $15,443 to do so at a prison for adult males, which are the majority of individuals incarcerated in the Florida state prison system.

As said above, it gets more costly with appeals.