This study estimates the annual economic burden of incarceration in the United States.
While prior research has estimated the cost of crime, no study has calculated the cost of …

Executive Summary The United States currently incarcerates a higher share of its population
than any other country in the world. The US incarceration rate–753 per 100,000 people in …

In June 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill launching the interstate highway
system in the United States. Over the next twenty years, close to 40,000 miles of …

Incarcerated populations in the United States have reached historically high levels. With
over 2 million people housed in our nation's prisons and jails and another nearly 5 million …

The 1990's will end up being the most punishing decade on record in American history. By
year end 1999, far more prisoners will have been added to America's prisons and jails than …

Crime and high rates of incarcerationimpose tremendous costs on society, with lasting
negative effects on individuals, families, and communities. Rates of crime in the United …

This research paper begins by establishing the importance of studying the United States'
incarceration rate. Overall mass imprisonment and racial disparities in sentencing are two of …

As the United States's prison and jail populations have skyrocketed, a wealth of empirical
scholarship has emerged on the benefits and costs of incarceration. The benefits, from an …

Although these numbers are alarming, what is less widely understood is that in some cases,
expenditures at corrections departments account for only a portion of the financial obligation …

In the wake of the recent economic crisis state policymakers have begun to consider
redirecting expenditures on corrections as a way to trim state budgets. Recent attention has …