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Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $38,268. Average Daily Inmate Population: 45,551. During his first year in office, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner started an initiative in 2015 to reduce Illinoisâ prison population by 25 percent by 2025.
Monetary costs to taxpayers. The price of prisoners can vary greatly from state to state. Among the 40 states surveyed in the 2012 report by the Vera Institute of Justice, the average annual per-inmate cost was $31,286. Topping the list was New York with an average annual cost per prisoner of $60,076. In total, Vera researchers found that the annual price to taxpayers was $39 billion. Thatâs $5.4 billion more than the $33.5 billion provided by corrections budgets. The Vera report emphasizes that per-inmate costs can tell you the number of dollars spent, but not the effectiveness of that spending.