i dont believe it ??

[anneasquith]

i have just heard via tv, it costs over £41,000 per year to keep a prisioner in prison for 1 year, why ?

[mike11111]

The hangman was a lot cheaper than that.

[tiggerblue10]

I earn a lot less than that, have a mortgage to pay etc etc. and pay tax. No idea why it would cost that much.

[Mosaic]

Without knowing how the 'experts' have reached this figure, I expect it's the accumulated proportions of the cooks, educators, social workers, reintegration specialists, psychologists, doctors, screws, drug-sniffing dogs, and librarians that they have plus people to maintain the buildings.

[B00]

Factor in the cost of the wages of the prison officers.

[tiggerblue10]

Hmmmmm didn't think of all that.

[Zeuhl]

Staff costs will probably be a big element;
plus real estate and establishment costs, utilities, food, medical, admin etc etc

I expect its the total cost of our prisons service divided by the number of prisoners
.

[sara3]

3 x 8 hour shifts of prison officers per 24 hours, heating, fuel, food, education, counsellors, admin staff, security costs, I'm sure the list could go on and on..

[anneasquith]

i realise there are lots of overheads to take into consideration, and not every prisioner will have that amount of money spent on them. but id be interested to know how much it costs to keep a patient in a hospital, ?

[China Doll]

Keeping a patient in hospital will have varied costs depending on the kind of care the pateint needs and their length of stay and equipment that needs to be used etc...

[JonnyBoy12]

One of them (the less dangerous ones) could live with me, and then HMP could pay me the £41,000 instead. Cool idea, eh?

[murraymints]

remember reading in some country,,,, France?? Prisoners do real jobs inside ie chefs painters sparks etc etc get paid proper wage but then pay proper dig money, saves on wages for civilian staff to come in, keeps the inmates occupied ...seems a god idea to me to keep costs down !

[naomi24]

I've never understood that either Anne - but I have worked with the public sector and with major charities - and the waste and the abuse of the public's money is phenomenal!

[dotty.]

wrong, it's mearer £1000 a week and last I knew there were 52 weeks in a year

[anneasquith]

well your the expert dotty.

[askyourgran]

I've seen some photos of the fully equipped gymnasiums they have in some prisons, they must cost a few thousand to fit out. They have better facilities than someone has outside.

[wildwood]

We need to put all the dependent pensioners in prison, and put the criminals in the Pension homes. The oldies will at least get a good quality of life and the villains get cr@p to eat.

[trt]

I think its more like £50,000 a year.

When you take in the cost of Sky TV for every cell, food, pool tables, gyms, medical expenditures, drug therapy, work shops etc its no wonder its so expensive!!!

And they still re-offend when they get released!

[Answerprancer]

"The hangman was a lot cheaper than that".
So you think it would be better to hang all criminals destined for a year or more in gaol ?

[trt]

Who's your Q to Answerprancer?

[Answerprancer]

Mike (first responder)