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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Let me try this again.
Tickets can create a small revenue stream but the operating costs cancel out most of the cash flow.
Jail/prison sentences are an expense that greatly exceeds the fines revenue.
A quick look shows that Georgia prisons cost between $30 and $50 a day per inmate. This means that a person incarcerated for 6 months for a burn out costs the State between $5,400 and $9,000. Add the court and other costs and this could easily reach $15,000 for a burn out. Now do you really believe that they somehow are making money with that?
I have no idea why they are so messed up as to send people to jail for relatively minor traffic violations but it sure as hell isn't profitable.
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With my tin foil hat firmly on, I would say it creates jobs. Correctional officers, prison cooks, wardens, all the other staff keeps people employed. Sure, the taxpayers pay for it, but as long as it keeps the jobless rate down, who's gonna complain.
Tin foil hat off.
I meant does this even require a tin foil hat? Politics can be pretty fucked up as is