Pyta wrote:133/day is still more than we spend on housing prisoners, on average, who, again, have actually been convicted of a crime.
According to the Vera Institute of Justice, incarceration costs an average of more than $31,000 per inmate, per year, nationwide.
31 000 / 365 = 85 a day in a normal prison.
Alright, now.
Where are the immigration detention centers generally positioned?
In a remote location, near the border, where lands are often not developed and often lack basic infrastructure. This, of course, leads to higher construction and maintenance. Also, there is the cost of delivering supplies there. Not to mention that Federal law enforcement positions have much better pay than law enforcement in most individual states.
This combined makes, in my opinion, the 48 difference. Not to mention even then it is cheaper than inmates in California (220 a day).










