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State expenditures on corrections in the United States 1985-2016

Total state expenditures on corrections in the United States from 1985 to 2016 (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays the total expenditure of states on correction in the U.S. from 1985 to 2016. Roughly 57.7 billion USD was spent by state governments on corrections in the United States in 2016.

1985 6.7
1990 16.9
1995 26.1
2000 36.4
2005 42.3
2010 51.4
2016 57.7