Breaking Down the Billions Spent at U.S. Prisons
3,844 views · Published 12 June 2015 · 1:57 · Indexed 27 September 2026
Channel: Bloomberg Originals · 2015 · News & Politics
June 12 -- Fan favorite prison drama "Orange Is the New Black" returns for a third season to Netflix today. One episode reportedly costs $4 million, pushing the high-end range for production. But that's a steal, relative to the multi-billion dollar real-life cost for U.S. prison. Bloomberg's Ramy Inocencio crunches the cold, hard numbers paid for by taxpayers. --Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg Television offers extensive coverage and analysis of international business news and stories of global importance. It is available in more than 310 million households worldwide and reaches the most affluent and influential viewers in terms of household income, asset value and education levels. With production hubs in London, New York and Hong Kong, the network provides 24-hour continuous coverage of the people, companies and ideas that move the markets.
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