"The average annual operating cost per state inmate in 2001 was $22,650, or $62.05 per day; among facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, it was $22,632 per inmate, or $62.01 per day." "Expenditures/Employment". U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved 29 December 2009.Amount spent per student in the Gresham Barlow School District: $8,696 via Open Books Project Oregon
"There is a great imbalance between how we invest in incarceration – and how we invest in education. And right now children are trapped on the losing end of that imbalance. It’s not right. It’s not fair. And most of all – it’s not smart." Former Governer Ted Kulongoski
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