re: LA DOC wastes millions ever year keeping inmates past their release date

That monetary calculation is a typical lawyer’s trick. Divide the total cost of DOC per annum by the number of inmates and get a per day cost. Then add up the number of day/costs.

It’s not nothing, I’m sure, but those facilities and employees would still cost the same whether those inmates served those extra days or not.

That’s not to say that there isn’t a problem with over-stays, but a lawyer filing a law suit against the state is going to slant his position as much as possible.

Oh, and by the way, inmates do take loss of Good Time as a big deal, and therefore GT is a useful deterrent to misbehavior in prisons. Just a little extra to chew on while you guys are bitching.