On-site deployment typically requires providers to pay for ongoing costs to support and manage on-site data servers. The following chart from the Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption provides estimated average upfront cost, yearly cost, and five year total cost of ownership (TCO) for on-site and SaaS. deployment.
Regional jails provide a savings in both construction and operation and are designed with modern correctional features that the aging city jails lack. That the new jails will be filled to capacity as soon as they open is a symptom of the difficulty of keeping pace with an expanding criminal population.
The term  prisonâindustrial complex  (PIC) is used to attribute the rapid expansion of the US inmate population to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies. The term is derived from the  militaryâindustrial complex  of the 1950s.