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States' Incarceration Costs Continue to Rise

by Robert H. Woodman

In June 2004, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that from fiscal year (FY) 1986 to FY 2001, States' corrections costs rose from $65 per U.S. resident to $134 per U.S. resident. The BJS reported that States' correctional expenditures, in 2001 constant dollars, rose 145%, ...

 

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