California prisons cost about $47,000 per inmate per year

Evidence

In California it costs about $47,000 per year to incarcerate an inmate (Legislative Analyst’s Office, 2014). Lengthier prison sentences have a significant impact on how governmental resources are spent. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1151

Categorization

• SHARE: A sharp specific number for anyone tracking criminal-justice economics or state budget debates.
• XREF: connects to: Prison costs vastly exceed the cost of decent wages to prevent crime — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 301