Among increased costs at the state prisons next year: The per diem rate charged by Corrections Corp. of America to house inmates in the state's privately-run Idaho Correctional Center will rise 3 percent, from $41.49 to $42.73 per inmate per day for the first 1,894 offenders; the state gets a price break on the next 146, which go from $4.07 a day to $4.19. The cost of medical care for inmates in state prisons, which is contracted out, will rise 4.5 percent or $1.3 million. Plus, inmate numbers are rising...
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