THE COST OF BRITISH JUSTICE

Our prisons are full of violent criminals.  The cost of keeping one prisoner incarcerated for one night is currently £77.  That does not include legal representation, medical treatment, or special requirements.  The yearly cost per prisoner to the British taxpayer is £28,105.  There are currently 82319 prisoners held in 139 prisons in England and Wales.  

The cost of one execution in the US is currently 48% more than keeping a criminal in prison for life, an average of $1.2m.  The average length of time a prisoner spends on death row awaiting execution is 20 years.