Canada Paying Nearly $222K per Year for Each Maximum Security Inmate

Keeping federal prisoners in a maximum security penitentiary now averages nearly $222,000 per year per inmate, making Canada’s prison system one of the most expensive in the world, according to new documents. The figures were outlined in a Correctional Service Canada (CSC) report submitted to the Senate national finance committee, which was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. In the document, CSC blames fixed costs for the ever-increasing price of housing inmates in maximum security facilities. “The combination of higher costs with fewer offenders to allocate these costs led to an increase in the annual cost,” reads the report. The annual expense per maximum security prisoner has risen from $174,939 in 2019 to the current $221,993 cost—a 27 percent increase....