MONTREAL — Each prisoner in Canada’s 54 federal penitentiaries costs taxpayers $117,788, up 46% from a decade ago, says a new report.
A federal public safety ministry document says federal corrections spending reached a peak of $2.7 billion in 2013, or $1.1 billion more than in 2002-2003.
There were 2,082 more inmates serving sentences longer than two years compared with a decade ago.
Five-hundred additional corrections officers were hired to watch them, the document said.
Canada’s worst criminals are more expensive to house than other inmates, costing taxpayers up to $151,000 a year.
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Federal inmate cost soars to $117Gs each per year | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
A federal public safety ministry document says federal corrections spending reached a peak of $2.7 billion in 2013, or $1.1 billion more than in 2002-2003.
There were 2,082 more inmates serving sentences longer than two years compared with a decade ago.
Five-hundred additional corrections officers were hired to watch them, the document said.
Canada’s worst criminals are more expensive to house than other inmates, costing taxpayers up to $151,000 a year.
more
Federal inmate cost soars to $117Gs each per year | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
