Taxpayer cost of housing NYC prisoners last year: $167,000 per inmate

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The city spent about $167,000 per inmate last year and had 12,287 prisoners on an average day, according to the Independent Budget Office’s first-ever study of the Big Apple’s jails.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to put them up in the Marriott Marquis with free room service?

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