“The U.S. has the world’s highest incarceration rate, and obviously, someone has to pay to put people behind bars.  Using 2010 data from The Vera Institute, a justice policy nonprofit, Texas attorney David Breston and a team of designers created an interactive map showing how much prison costs in 40 states. Ten states’ Departments of Corrections didn’t participate in the Institute’s survey.  In the 40 participating states, researchers found total prison costs ran taxpayers $US39 billion — $US5.4 billion more than reflected in corrections budgets.”

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/david-breston-cost-of-prison-map-2014-3

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