John 13:34-35 English Standard Version (ESV). A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.â.
The average cost of incarceration in the United States is determined by different methods. It costs anywhere between $20,000 and $40,000 per year to house inmates in federal and state correctional facilities; the considerable spread is due to the criteria used by government agencies and prison system watchdogs.he most expensive American prison is located in Cuba: Housing an inmate in Guantanamo Bay costs taxpayers approximately $900,000 per year. According to the Vera Institute of Justice, the average cost of housing an inmate in the U.S. was $31,286 in 2012.
16 FIGURE 4: YEARLY COST OF INCARCERATING A DRUG OFFENDERVERSUS YEARLY COST OF TREATMENT IN CALIFORNIA By offering drug offenders treatment ratherthan prison sentences, Proposiion 36 can save the stateup to $22,500 per person per year.6 By comparison, research by the Department of Justice on recidivism of offenders foundthat overall, nearly 60% of those released from prison will be re-arrested within 2 years. 37 Within three years after their release, 67.5% of all offenders are expected to be re-arrested.