Running head : Parole Parole [Insert Names of Author (s ) here] [Insert Institution information here] Parole It costs us 17 percent more to release a felon out of prison than to keep him looked up . In a 1987 study done by the National Institute of Justice of the United States , the social cost of releasing a felon out of prison is more than the average cost to keep a man locked up in prison to his serve a life sentence . In 1987 , injury caused by robbery , assault , murder , arson and rape caused about 10 billion in health-related costs while the victim is recovering , plus 23 billion lost since the victim is unproductive in the time or recovery and if there are permanent injury derived from the attack and lastly , 145 billion in reduced quality of life . This is based upon the value of dollar in 1989 , it is time for us to do the math and compare which is more costly (Miller , et al , 1989 . An added fact is that 50 of probationers in 2005 are convicted of felony and 15 for driving while intoxicated . Among those under probation , those who were released under parole reached 12 ,556 parolees for 2005 alone this means a 1 .6 increase of parolees (Glaze , et al , 2005 . This means that 12 ,556 men and women are freed in that year to roam our streets even though they committed crimes such as rape , arson , murder and etcetera . Rate for that matter has the highest social cost since study shows that 43 percent of a sample of 204 rape victims who were examined two days after the incident has acquired sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV . The high cost of maintaining a prison According to a study done by statistician James Stephan of the US Department of Justice in 2001 , it costs the country 29 .5 billion dollars to maintain the country ‘s adult correctional facilities per year . Day to day expenses of all state prisons summed up to 28 .4 billion while the 1 .1 billion left is spent on renovations , building and other facilities .This means that every citizen is paying 104 dollars per year to sustain the state prisons (Stephan , 2004 . Psychologists would argue that a prison would only cause traumatic experiences to prisons , thus ,rendering them more violent .References Glaze , L . E Palla ,S (2005 . Probation and Parole in the United States , 2004 . Date retrieved November 22 , 2007 .http /www .ojp .usdoj .gov /bjs /abstract /ppus04 .htm Miller , T .R , Cohen , M . A , Rossman , S . B (1989 . Victim costs of violent Crime and Resulting Injuries . Date retrieved November 22 , 2007 . HYPERLINK “http /content .healthaffairs .org /cgi /reprint /12 /4 /186 .pdf “http /content .healthaffairs .org /cgi /reprint /12 /4 /186 .pdf Stephan , J (2004 . State Prison Expenditures . Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report . Date retrieved November 22 , 2007 http /www .ojp .usdoj .gov /bjs /pub /pdf /spe01 .pdf PAGE PAGE 3 Parole…