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Jul 23, 2008 04:30 AM

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

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