Who had been going to prison in RI - and who currently is - is the subject of the RIDOC report. 'The budgets keep going up, regardless of what the reality of there.

'The Governor's FY14 budget had estimated a prisoner increase of 1.3%, but had a budgetary increase of 4.3%,' said RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity CEO Mike Stenhouse, noting the numbers came from the center's recent Spotlight on Spending report. The annual report shows the average population - and costs per offender - at the state's seven inmate facilities, ranging from $39,497 per offender at the men's intake center to $182,396 at the state's high security supermax facility. Then they undid it in the past few years.' 'The last time the prison had a serious overcrowding crisis, the legislature passed reforms to mitigate the problem with 'good time'. 'I think it's been relatively status quo,' said the Rhode Island ACLU's Steve Brown of the state's recent prison population in recent years. SLIDES: See How Much RI's Prison Population Costs BELOW GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE - SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST Rhode Island's annual Department of Corrections prison population report for Fiscal Year 2014 shows that the total RIDOC population was 3214, up over 3160 in 2013 - but well below the peak in 2008 at 3860. For the first time in six years, Rhode Island's prison population is on the upswing - and the ramifications of a continued increase could mean millions of taxpayer dollars.

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