Reply #12: I did not look at chart for cost, but Fla for fiscal 07 - 08 has daily [View All]

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avg of over 95,000 inmates.

http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/pop/facility/avgdaily.html

Edited to add: And what is pitiful, there is a new prison coming on line in my county in '09, under construction now. The people who want the new prisons tout them as being a boon for the local economy, but it doesn't seem to work that way, from appearances. Where there are prisons around the small towns, they remain small.

My county, with it's new prison coming, has slightly over 70% HS graduation rate, and the neighbor to the north has about 71% (both figures from recent local papers, no links.) These are right at the bottom for the state.