How much does it cost taxpayers every day to house convicted murderers in prison?

The Informer noted in March that the overall cost to house an inmate in a Louisiana prison is $53.31 per day.

State Department of Corrections spokeswoman Pam Laborde said officials don’t parse costs in the budget based on inmate housing assignments — i.e., death row or general population.

The figures they arrive at comprise the prisons’ full daily cost per inmate, she said.

Those costs by prison, according to state DOC data:

Angola State Penitentiary — $56.22.

Avoyelles Correctional Center — $43.19.

Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women — $52.96.

Winn Correctional Center — $31.69.

Allen Correctional Center — $31.55.

Dixon Correctional Center — $63.85.

Hunt Correctional Center — $76.29.

Wade Correctional Center — $59.45.

Rayburn Correctional Center — $50.30.

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Online: www.doc.la.gov/quicklinks/statistics.

Newspapers accepted at city, parish sites

A friend and I were talking about the newspapers we get every day, and we wanted to know if there is a place to bring them for recycling.

There are several.

The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury’s solid waste drop-off sites and the city of Lake Charles’ Green Stations accept newspapers.

The parish sites — both of them open 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Monday — are at 2915 Post Oak Road in Sulphur and 5500 B Swift Plant Road in Lake Charles.

They also accept aluminum cans, plastic bottles and empty aerosol cans.

For more information, call 721-3700.

The city’s Green Station 1 is at 4331 East Broad St. and is open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Green Station 2 is at the Nelson Ball Field on Alma Lane and is open 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

They accept bagged aluminum cans, cellphones, plastics and fluorescent bulbs. Green Station 1 also takes used motor oil.

For more information, call 491-1440.

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Online: www.cityoflakecharles.com; www.cppj.net.

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The Informer answers questions from readers each Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. It is researched and written by Andrew Perzo, an American Press staff writer. To ask a question, call 494-4098 and leave voice mail, or email informer@americanpress.com.

(Rick Hickman/American Press)