Jul 23, 2008 04:30 AM
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14,658
Prisoner population in 1984
50,200
Prisoner population in 2007
$5 million
Corrections' cost per day
$2 billion
Cost per year
50
Number of prisons/camps
$32,000
Cost per prisoner
17,653
Number of prison employees
20%
Corrections' share of total state expenditures
551 per 100,000
Incarceration rate
14,000
Number of prisoners who have served minimums
Sources: Citizens Alliance On Prisons & Public Spending, Detroit News
