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.
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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 August 24, 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 August 24, 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: August 24, 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 August 24, 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/