Statistics
California
1970: California population is 16 Million
10,000 are Incarcerated at a cost of $500 Million per year
2008: California population is 34 Million
176,000 are incarcerated at a cost of $11 Billion per year*
* Cost includes average base salary of $74,000 per state prison employee
* Cost includes average base salary of $74,000 per state prison employee
United States
1970: US Total Cost in 2008 was $46 Billion per year
2.38 million people are in US Prisons
1 in 32 people are in the criminal justice system in the US*
* includes probation & parole
1 in 32 people are in the criminal justice system in the US*
* includes probation & parole