Comptroller Stringer: Cost of Incarceration Per Person in New York City Skyrockets to All-Time High
December 06, 2019
December 06, 2019
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer issued the following news release:
The cost of incarceration per person in New York City ballooned to an all-time high in FY 2019, according to a new analysis of the Department of Correction released today by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer. The City now spends $337,524 to incarcerate one person for a full year, or $925 per day - an 85 percent increase since 2014. At the same time, while the Department of Co . . .
The cost of incarceration per person in New York City ballooned to an all-time high in FY 2019, according to a new analysis of the Department of Correction released today by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer. The City now spends $337,524 to incarcerate one person for a full year, or $925 per day - an 85 percent increase since 2014. At the same time, while the Department of Co . . .