“At $75,560, housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard” (LA Times) is a great companion to the classic “California Prison Academy: Better Than a Harvard Degree” (WSJ), which notes that it is tougher to get into the California Prison Academy than into Harvard and that graduates, on average, earn more than Harvard grads.
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If you look at the public database showing the money California taxpayers pay each state employee you will notice lots of salaries that seem way off given common sense and what second best would pay. Second best for a prison guard would be what? Guarding a warehouse or working for Walmart?