In 2020, total expenditures of state correction institutions in the United States amounted to 57.01 billion U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the previous year, when 53.56 billion U.S. dollars were spent on corrections.
Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2020
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 8, 2021). Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 10, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Total State Corrections Expenditures in The United States from 1982 to 2020 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/ (last visited August 10, 2022)
