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Guantanamo - Costly Containment
From a Sunday news piece by Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald.
Comparison
President Barack Obama's administration says that it costs more than $800,000 a year to keep a captie at Guantanamo. Deducting intelligence and court costs could reduce that figure to $380,000.
State of Florida System: 100,866 prisoners @ $19,469 ea
Federal Bureau of Prisons: 218,026 prisoners @ $28, 284 ea
Colorado Supermax: 3,210 prisoners @ $38,091 ea
Guantanamo: 171 prisoners @ $ 800,000 ea
Daily Food Ration
Cost to feed one person each day.
State of Florida System: $2.29
Federal Bureau of Prisons: $3.16
Colorado Supermax: $3.45
American living alone: $9.45
USNA Midshipman: $10.80
Guantanamo: $38.45
And so it goes...
Richard 
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