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Faux pas

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1. It
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:02 PM
Jul 2022

already costs California $106,131 per year to house an inmate. When I worked for Calif Dept of corrections it cost a lot less. I remember it was $80,000 a year for death row inmates, don't remember what it was for regular inmates.

https://lao.ca.gov/policyareas/cj/6_cj_inmatecost#:~:text=It%20costs%20an%20average%20of%20about%20%24106%2C000%20per,increased%20by%20about%20%2457%2C000%20or%20about%20117%20percent.

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