From The Third Branch (newsletter of the Wisconsin Court System): The new state budget, 2009 Act 28, includes changes in sentencing practices that go well beyond the early release provisions that received most of the …
Prisons
Costs of Imprisonment Far Exceed Supervision Costs
From the U.S. Courts Web site: The daily cost of keeping someone imprisoned in a federal Bureau of Prisons facility was $70.75 in fiscal year 2008, and $65.25 in a community correction center. By comparison, …