Jesse Mathews could return to a medium security prison
247 views · Published 18 March 2013 · 0:50 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics
Next up, the possibility is there. Jesse Mathews could return to a medium security prison. Right now he lives alone in a cell 23 hours a day because he killed Chattanooga police Sgt. Tim Chapin. If Mathews behaves himself, he will move back to a medium security prison where he'll have a cellmate, a job, education, visitors and contact with other inmates. Though Mathews will be in prison for the rest of his life, locking him up under maximum security the entire time is neither cost-effective nor humane, the assistant commissioner of prisons for Tennessee says. The average annual cost to house an inmate in maximum security is $35,000 dollars. The cost for a medium-security inmate is $12,000 dollars less.
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