The Obama administration puts the cost of holding each of Guantanamo’s 171 prisoners at about $800,000 per year, or a total of $136 million taken from taxpayers’ pockets annually. That’s more than 30 times what it costs to keep an individual captive on U.S. soil.

The Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg gives more details here on the costs and perks of being imprisoned or employed at Gitmo.