New Historical Statistics
February 3rd, 2008
Expenditure and employment data are meat and potatoes to anyone interested in the size and cultural importance of our industry over time. We are grateful therefore that the DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Statistics tracks all the numbers and makes them easily accessible. They have now added the 2006 numbers to their series that begins in 1982. In 2006, federal, state and local expenditures on corrections alone totaled a staggering $70 billion. That number has surely jumped another step since then.
This link is also maintained on the Library Page under Basic Resources.