High salaries and benefits packages for guards drive up the costs in area jails — regardless of facility size or inmate population.
The average cost of holding an inmate in Virginia’s jails is roughly $74, compared with $140 at those facilities in the Washington region. The difference was similar in the Maryland suburbs and other correctional departments in the state.
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