In 2022, the total expenditures of state correction institutions in the United States amounted to about 61 billion U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the previous year, when 60.05 billion U.S. dollars were spent on corrections.
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Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2022
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 22, 2023). Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, 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 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2023). Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. 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 2022 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Dec 2023, 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 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Total state corrections expenditures in the United States from 1982 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/253003/total-state-corrections-expenditures-in-the-united-states/
