James E. Causey: Prison costs more than higher ed

[Scuba]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/prison-costs-more-than-higher-ed-e62u5ab-133720033.html



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It costs more than $103,000 a year to house a 15-year-old at a Wisconsin juvenile justice facility.

It costs up to $14,300 a year to educate the same teenager at Milwaukee Public Schools.

While it costs about $33,500 a year to house an adult at Waupun Correctional Institution, it costs about $17,000 a year - with room and board - for an in-state student to attend a year of undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


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Do you really need to learn more before concluding that education is a good investment? Well, there's more at the link.

[teddy51]

1. Awesome post! n/t

[Turbineguy]

2. But to repubs the issue is:

what generates the most profit?

[Lionessa]

3. EXCELLENT! If only our judicial and enforcement systems weren't so

corrupted by private prisons.

[gratuitous]

4. That may be . . .

But who would you rather compete against in the Free Market? A goddam convict, fit only to be beaten some more and then berated for not fitting into a society that has ostracized him, or a college graduate, chock full of education and confidence? For the scared little boys of the GOP, the choice is obvious, even if it does cost more money.

[Scuba]

5. Shameless self-kick.