The cost of hosting an inmate varies by country and type. In the US, it ranges from $13,000 to $50,000 per year for state inmates and $25,000 for federal prisoners. In Canada, it’s $144,000 to $240,000 for female inmates and $84,000 for males. In the UK, it’s about $62,000 per prisoner annually. The US has the highest incarceration rate globally, and death row inmates cost about $95,000 per person each year.
The price for hosting an inmate varies by country, region, and type of inmate. In the United States, it costs $13,000 USD (USD) to $50,000 USD annually per inmate in a state facility and approximately $25,000 USD annually per federal prisoner. In Canada, housing female inmates costs $144,000 to $240,000 annually, and about $84,000 for male inmates. In the UK, it costs about $62,000 USD per prisoner per year.
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It costs about $800,000 per detainee to house a detainee in the Guantanamo Bay detention center for a year. Part of that is the cost of food: about $40 a day per prisoner.
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, followed by Rwanda and the Russian Federation. About one in 100 American adults is in prison.
It is much more expensive to house a death row inmate in the United States than to house a regular inmate. Death row inmates cost about $95,000 USD per person annually.
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