The ratio of private prison correctional officers 1 to 6.9 inmates compared to 1 to 4.9 inmates in public prisons is a saving in itself. However, even with the reduced amount of private prison correctional officers and salary decrease from those who work at public facilities, the overall cost reduction would not be significantly enough. According to the CCA annual report operating expenses, private prisons spend more than twice as much on fixed charges of the prison these include costs of the buildings, lights, contracts and more. The total amount spend on fixed charges per man day in 2015 was $37.53. Rather than variable charges which include meals, salaries of officers and other totaling $14.96 per man day (___).Even if the salaries of correctional
