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I just read what you linked. $450 million annually for 5000 people. Isn't that 90 000 per person per year ?
$1000/yr to rent a bunk in a tent and 3 bowls of gruel per day. $89000 into the bosses pockets.
Literally would be cheaper to just give people ubi
Yeah incarceration is big business and we lose tons and tons of tax money just keeping people alive in buildings against their will. Thats sorta the point I bet, that aside it looks so much like a commercial chicken coop.
Australia spends $4m per year, per person to lock refugees up in Nauru, and $3.5m per person, per year on Christmas island
The best accountants.