Bureau of Justice Statistics, Special Report: State Prison Expenditures, 2001

摘要

Correctional authorities spent ;38.2 billion to maintain the Nation's State correctional systems in fiscal year 2001, including ;29.5 billion specifically for adult correctional facilities. Day-to-day operating expenses totaled ;28.4 billion, and capital outlays for land, new building, and renovations, ;1.1 billion. The average annual operating cost per State inmate in 2001 was ;22,650, or ;62.05 per day. Among facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, it was ;22,632 per inmate, or ;62.01 per day. In a follow up to a study based on FY 1996 data, this report presents unique statistics on the cost of operating State prisons in FY 2001. Information was obtained by extracting corrections data from each State's responses to the U.S. Census Bureau's annual Survey of Government Finances.