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What does Incarceration Cost?

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DID YOU KNOW?

The Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) has 21 Adult facilities and 7 Juvenile facilities.   Fact cards are reported every six months.  The statistics are staggering.  And they are comparable to what is happening at the local level of incarceration (being locked up).   

July 2007  http://www.in.gov/idoc/files/jul07.pdf 

July 2008  http://www.in.gov/idoc/files/jul08.pdf 

July 2009  http://www.in.gov/idoc/files/FACT_CARD_JULY_2009.pdf 

July 2010  http://www.in.gov/idoc/files/FACT_CARD_JULY_2010.pdf 

IDOC  CALENDAR YEAR ENDING 2007

Fiscal Year 2006-2007 IDOC
Cost: $512,846,837

(http://www.in.gov/idoc/2377.htm)

Total Juveniles = 1,036
Cost: $54,433,633 (10.6% of Fiscal 2006-2007)
861 Male
175 Female
ADULTS = 25,818
Cost: $458,413,204 = 89.4% of Fiscal 2006-2007
2,139 Females
23,679 Males

IDOC

 

25,818 Adults + 1,036 Juveniles = 26,854 TOTAL FACILITY POPULATIONS

 

IDOC  CALENDAR YEAR ENDING 2008

IDOC Facilities 26,223
Jail holds for IDOC 2,034
TOTAL OFFENDERS 28,257
*NO FINANCIAL STATISTICS AVAILABLE YET

Juveniles decreased by 78 or 7.5% of 2007 Juvenile

JUVENILES
811 Male
147 Female
958 Total

Adult increased by 1,325 or 4.7% of 2007 Adults

ADULTS
2,360 Females
24,939 Males
27,299 Adults
958 Juveniles
TOTAL OFFENDERS 28,257

2009-2010 IDOC general fund budget is $677.3 million
2010-2011 IDOC general fund budget is $691.6 million

PRISON/JAIL COSTS

$72.52 per day, per female in an adult facility with programs/intervention
$48.52 per day, per female in an adult facility without programs
$52 per day, per male in an adult facility
$148 per day, per child in a juvenile center
$47 per day at IDOC re-entry center
$40 (approximate) per day to fund one female in a recovery home* with MRT® programs**