How much are you paying for the mental health dorm?

A look at low-level drug related offenders at Cook County Jail in 2013

Avg. taxpayer cost (per inmate, per day)
$143*
Avg. length of stay (days)
87
Total population (inmates)
x
1,265
$15,737,865**
spent on men who could have been in treatment

* Each detainee has a different length of stay based on bond (if they can even post it) and/or resolution of their cases.

** Considering the seriously mentally ill require increased security and expensive medications, the actual taxpayer cost probably ran much higher than that.