In 2021, the total expenditures of state correction institutions in the United States amounted to about 60 billion U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the previous year, when 59.5 billion U.S. dollars were spent on corrections.
Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2021
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 22, 2022). Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 19, 2024, 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 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2022). Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 19, 2024. 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 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Dec 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 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/ (last visited September 19, 2024)
Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/