Orleans Parish Criminal
Sheriff
Cost Per Prisoner Day
A 1997 study titled Cost Per Prisoner Day Comparison and a 1996 cost survey titled Multiple Facility Jail Rate Study by David M. Griffith and Associates, Ltd., (DMG), an independent professional accounting and consulting firm, found that OPCSO’s Cost Per Prisoner Day is in line with or lower than that of its peers, as selected by DMG, both on a national and statewide basis as represented by the following:
