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Base price of running prisons and jails rises with cost of water and fuel

Texas has long boasted among the lowest per-inmate costs in the nation for housing inmates in both state prisons and local jails, but those costs are starting to rise thanks in part to .While salaries remain the largest cost driver, with healthcare costs trailing as a significant but distant second, increased costs for gasoline and water represent a significant and growing portion of operating budgets at prisons and jails. Just as average consumers struggle with rising utility costs, corrections facilities have been blindsided by the basic costs of keeping the water running, the lights on, and transporting prisoners and supplies.While my family has been driving less in the face of $4 per gallon gas, that's not an option for county jails or the state prison system, which have base transportation needs that cannot be short-changed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 22, 2008 (boomark / email).