[Josephat]

I wonder how that compares to Sheriff Joe’s tent city expenses.

[Oldexpat]

The jailers in CA are not forthcoming with accurate numbers on illegals. They tend to only report illegals as those with an ICE “hold” on them. Those that will be turned over to ICE when they are finished with their sentence. They don’t include foreign nationals with no immigration hold. They may or may not be illegals. The politicians just don’t want to tell us the truth about the impact of illegals on govt costs.

[kevcol]

I wonder how that compares to Sheriff Joe’s tent city expenses.

Maricopa County jail/prisoner expenses are $250 million/yr for all prisoners...$25K/yr per prisoner (link)

The Los Angeles County jail is the largest jail in the United States, with approximately 171,000 people booked annually and a 2009 daily population close to 19,000. Annual cost per prisoner is $60K. Looking at close to $1.2 billion per year.