I thought this was interesting hope it shows up full size if it doesn't I'll correct it.This is ment to be informative and not used to prove or dis prove any claims.

Most (58.4%) of the daily cost to incarcerate an inmate in a major prison is spent on security, followed by 22.4% for medical services. The remaining 20% is spent on feeding, clothing and educating inmates, and some administrative issues, as you can see from the pie chart. Cost of Imprisonment: $52.90 Per Day/ $19,308 Per Year Security (58.4%); Food Services (5.1%); Physical Plant (6.5%); Medical (22.4%); Insurance (0.2%); Education (1.9%); Clothing/laundry(0.9%); Institutional Admin. (2.6%); Inmate Services (2.0%) A total of 7.9% of the state general revenue budget goes to corrections in Florida, which has a budget of more than two billion dollars. $1.36 billion of that goes directly toward security and institutional operations, and another $373.2 million toward health services for inmates, including dental. The cost of each prison varies, depending on the types of inmates who are housed there. For example, it costs $94.87 a day to house an inmate at a reception center, because the inmates residing there are being evaluated and tested medically, psychologically, academically, vocationally, etc. In contrast, a typical adult male facility costs just $43.11 per day to house an inmate. Most (80%) inmates work to help offset the cost of their incarceration. They work on farms and gardens producing their own food, construct new correctional facilities, and perform repairs and renovations to prisons. Inmates also prepare and serve all meals, maintain prison grounds, participate in sanitation and recycling processes, and work in PRIDE (Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises) programs. Additionally, inmates are assigned to Community Work Squads under agreements with the Department of Transportation, other state agencies such as the Division of Forestry, counties, cities, municipalities, and non-profit organizations. In FY0708, the DC’s Community Work Squad Program saved Florida taxpayers more than $57.2 million through inmate labor. In addition to their every day duties, correctional officers at 36 of our institutions serve as K-9 officers and are available to local law enforcement to aid in searches for fleeing felons, wandering elderly patients, and missing children, in addition to escapees from county jails.

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says jail inmates will start paying for their own meals next month in a move that could save taxpayers more than $900,000 annually in food costs. The policy would charge inmates $1.25 per day for their meals. It would apply only to those inmates who have money in personal accounts or "on their books." Arpaio estimated that about 2,000 of the nearly 10,000 inmates in the system will end up paying for food each day.

Originally posted by devildogUSMC
reply to post by MikeboydUS

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I went to the V.A. and they pretty much told me that I was a p@##@. I told them I thought I had P.T.S.D. and they asked me if I was implying that the Marine Corp. did not properly teach me to deal with stress. I don't want any charity, especially from the government, I just want a shot to make my own way and mark on the world.