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Ep. 11 - Reducing Costs in Criminal Justice

Ep. 11 - Reducing Costs in Criminal Justice

Update: 2019-06-12
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It cost the state — and by extension, taxpayers — an average of $36,106 to incarcerate a single person in Michigan in 2017.


You can buy a new Ford Explorer for that, according to Kelley Blue Book.


At that rate, a single prisoner sentenced to 30 or more years would cost Michigan taxpayers more than $1 million to incarcerate.





FY 2018-19 MDOC Budget


$2,019,056,200 – Total spending authority from all revenue sources



Michigan House Budget
Michigan Corrections Budget
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Ep. 11 - Reducing Costs in Criminal Justice

Ep. 11 - Reducing Costs in Criminal Justice

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