Innerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNumber of detainees in ICE custody facing deportation has reached a record high of roughly 73,000www.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down14 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkNumber of detainees in ICE custody facing deportation has reached a record high of roughly 73,000www.cbsnews.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoConservatively I’d say we’re paying private companies over $3.5 million every day to house them.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day ago$47/day. That’s gotta be way way way too low? Median for state prison is 60,989 which is $167. This would be cheaper but seems like mega conservative
minus-squaretriptrapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoActually, based on how some Minneapolis detainees described the holding cells, I would believe $47/day.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoedit: Oops this reply was originally meant for someone else if you saw it. Still seems low, but I get where you’re coming from
Conservatively I’d say we’re paying private companies over $3.5 million every day to house them.
$47/day.
That’s gotta be way way way too low?
Median for state prison is 60,989 which is $167. This would be cheaper but seems like mega conservative
Actually, based on how some Minneapolis detainees described the holding cells, I would believe $47/day.
edit: Oops this reply was originally meant for someone else if you saw it. Still seems low, but I get where you’re coming from