Roughly 56.6 billion U.S. dollars was spent by state governments on corrections in the United States in 2019. This was a decrease from the previous year, when 60.9 billion U.S. dollars were spent by state governments on corrections.
Total state expenditures on corrections in the United States from 1985 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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The Sentencing Project. (May 17, 2021). Total state expenditures on corrections in the United States from 1985 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/624443/state-expenditures-on-corrections-in-the-us/
The Sentencing Project. "Total state expenditures on corrections in the United States from 1985 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/624443/state-expenditures-on-corrections-in-the-us/
The Sentencing Project. (2021). Total state expenditures on corrections in the United States from 1985 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/624443/state-expenditures-on-corrections-in-the-us/
The Sentencing Project. "Total State Expenditures on Corrections in The United States from 1985 to 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/624443/state-expenditures-on-corrections-in-the-us/
The Sentencing Project, Total state expenditures on corrections in the United States from 1985 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/624443/state-expenditures-on-corrections-in-the-us/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Total state expenditures on corrections in the United States from 1985 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], The Sentencing Project, May 17, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/624443/state-expenditures-on-corrections-in-the-us/