You will notice that overcrowding has increased, costs have supposedly remained exactly the same (maybe inflation is not allowed prisons).
R123.37 per day is R3700.00 a month or R45,030.00 per year.
We take the undesirables, lock them up as far away from us as we can and think we have gotten rid of the problem.
Incarceration Levels for end April 2007
BED CAPACITY
Actual accommodation capacity 114549
Proposed benchmark target for ATDs 25000
Bed capacity for sentenced offenders effectively 89549
INMATE population
Total population 159961
Total ATDs 46794
Total of 113167 sentenced offenders
Level of Overcrowding
Level of overcrowding 141.94%
Average cost for incarceration estimated at R123.37 per day
Incarceration Levels for end December 2005
BED CAPACITY
Actual accommodation capacity 114796
Proposed benchmark target for ATDs 25000
Bed capacity for sentenced offenders effectively 89796
INMATE population
Total population 157402
Total ATDs 46327
Total of 111075 sentenced offenders
Level of Overcrowding
Level of overcrowding 137.11%
Average cost for incarceration estimated at R123.37 per day