Objective 4: Explore the costs associated with operating a correctional facility.

Who pays for the inmate's care while they are locked up? The taxpayers do! As the cost of living increases, so does the cost of housing inmates. Inmates come to jail to be treated for medical issues they cannot get treated for on the outside. Babies are born with taxpayer money. Is this fair to the taxpayer? Programs are offered and paid for by you and me.

• Read the following article: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ocu.Tontaleya/CJ3500/the-growth-and-increasing-cost-of-the-federal-prison-system.pdf

• Answer the following questions making sure to justify your responses:
  • Who should pay for the inmate's care?
  • How can we recoup some of that money?
  • What are two ideas you can think of on how to save money for the correctional system?