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Avg. cost to incarcerate a U.S. prisoner for a year in bare minimum conditions: >$60,000 Full-time income at U.S. federal minimum wage: $15,080 (pre-tax) US % of world population: ~4.3 US % of world prison pop. : ~25 Homicide rate/100k: EU 2-2.5, US 5-6
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Anonymous 22w

Something is majorly wrong with this picture

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Anonymous 22w

I think I see the point here, but most of the cost of incarceration comes from paying the prison staff (and their CEOs!). If you take that out, you’re still left with a cost that’s much more than the income for someone making minimum wage (assuming 40 hr/week) though

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22w

did you ask ChatGPT ?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 22w

No these are sourced individually, numbers vary slightly by source and year, but these are the honest proportions

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22w

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 22w

Yeah and there’s also considerations about facilities to be fair, but in many ways it’s still significantly more “efficient” with bulk food purchase and utilities and such than any typical person could realistically live, so I think the point still solidly stands. And it’s about where our values and priorities are as much as anything

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 22w

What can’t you say here?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22w

Ahhh that’s true I didn’t think about the bulk food purchasing

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22w

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