Taxi driver and three friends sentenced to a total of 68 years for gang rape

[tiger31]

And it costs, on average, 34 grand per year, per prisoner, to keep them locked up. Work that out! How much the British tax payer is having to fork out keeping these undesirables in jail - it,s shocking!

[KeithD]

And it costs, on average, 34 grand per year, per prisoner, to keep them locked up. Work that out! How much the British tax payer is having to fork out keeping these undesirables in jail - it,s shocking!

I have never believed these figures per prisoner, so I looked for a breakdown.

Direct Payroll	£18,075
Non Pay	£10,589
Income	(£1,687)
Direct Costs	£26,978
Depreciation	£1,731
Rent	£49
Rates	£338
Apportioned Costs
Property overheads	£1,006
Regional costs	£1,467
Public Prisons balance	£284
Prisoner Escorts & Custody Service	£1,954
HQ and Other Central costs	£3,356
Apportioned / Allocated Costs	£10,185
Overall Cost	£37,163

Direct Payroll £18,075
Going by the wages I know they pay, that would be 1/2 a member of staff per prisoner, which is not right. As two screws usually look after a whole unit containing quite a few prisoners.