Prisoner food costs just £953 per year
THE average annual cost of feeding a prisoner in Northern Ireland is just £953, although the most recent estimated cost per prisoner per year here is £77k, suggesting staffing, energy, utility and other overheads make up the remaining £76k.
Justice Minister David Ford revealed it costs just £2.60 a day to feed prisoners in HMP Magilligan, Maghaberry and Hydebank.
But in 2010 it was revealed by the Minister that the average annual cost of housing a prisoner here was a whopping £77k, much higher than in Great Britain.
So apart from food, each prisoner costs the people of Northern Ireland £76k a year.
Mr Ford told UUP MLA tom Elliott: “During the most recent full financial year where audited costs are available (ie 2011/12) the average daily cost of food per prisoner was £2.61.”
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