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Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $38,268. Average Daily Inmate Population: 45,551. During his first year in office, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner started an initiative in 2015 to reduce Illinoisâ prison population by 25 percent by 2025.
The average annual cost to incarcerate one inmate is $31,307, but this can vary widely from state to state. In New York for instance, it costs between $50,000 and $60,000. A shocking total of $63.4 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars goes to the imprisonment of its criminals, but why is the price so high?