The tents had no furniture except one bed per prisoner.

He gives them only one rice grain per prisoner.

Officials said the state's appropriations per prisoner have risen from $5,000 in 1980 to the national average of $12,000 now.

Alabama spends less money per prisoner than any other state, both as a general matter and for medical care.

That's at an average cost to the taxpayer of $20,000 per year, per prisoner.

Even though they are paying a fortune per prisoner - some 30,000 quid a year in fact.

It costs around $23,000 per prisoner each year.

The costs at other state prisons in Tennessee normally run more than $40 per prisoner per day.

The rate, now $29 a day per prisoner, also covers the $3.4 million cost of a new jail to relieve overcrowding.

The average daily allowance per prisoner is £1.87, and can be as low as £1.20.