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Originally posted by Peaches
True but why should the taxpayers pay tens of thousands of dollars a year PER PRISONER to keep them in prison for life?
Did you know prisoners are the only class of people in the US who are guaranteed free healthcare? Who do you think is paying for that?
If we could keep them in prison for life and have them do hard labor to pay for their care, I'd be all for it. But paying for a rapist or murderer to get 3 square meals and free healthcare really gripes my fat butt. 
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Peaches, I respect your view, it is very well thought out and your heart is in the right place.
But have you ever looked at the cost of executing someone vs. just keeping them in prison? The cost of executing a person would shock the hell out of you, seems EVERYONE can make a profit.
To be honest I have not seen figures related to the matter in a few years, but when I last checked it cost more to execute someone within a 1 of their sentence (the longer it draws out the more it costs) than it does to keep them in jail for 30 years.
I think at some point I may try searching for some more updated info and see what I come up with. I just don't have time right now because football is on.
Either way I like your idea of life with hard labor. Force them to pay their own way is a damn good idea no matter what the difference in cost is.