Cost Per Inmate Per Year By State 2025

Cost Per Inmate Per Year By State 2025. Illinois spends more than $38,000 per year on each inmate in a state prison, including those at menard correctional center in chester. For federal prisons, it costs an average of $37,449.

Using 2021 data from the census. State prison spending varies greatly and can be as high as $69,355 per inmate per year (the average cost of an inmate in new york).