Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Chart: One Year of Prison Costs More Than One Year at Princeton

Betsy Coffia shared a link.
www.theatlantic.com
Nov 1 2011, 10:24 AM ET 11 One year at Princeton University: $37,000. One year at a New Jersey state prison: $44,000.

Prison and college "are the two most divergent paths one can take in life," Joseph Staten, an info-graphic researcher with Public Administration, says. Whereas one is a positive experience that increases lifetime earning potential, the other is a near dead end, which is why Staten found it striking that the lion's share of government funding goes toward incarceration. Full Article Here