Section III: The Prison Economy
Crime Control and the Economy
- Amount, spent nationally in 1997 on police421: $57.6 billion
- Amount, spent nationally in 1997 on the judiciary422: $28.5 billion
- Amount, spent nationally in 1997 on corrections423: $43.5 billion
- Amount, spent by the federal government in 2001 on drug control424: $18.1 billion
- Percent of federal drug control expenditures used to reduce demand via research, programs, drug abuse treatment, and prevention, 2001425: 31%
- Percent of federal drug control expenditures used to reduce supply via domestic law enforcement, 2001426: 54%
This page is an excerpt from The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry (2003) by Peter Wagner, published by the Western Prison Project and the Prison Policy Initiative..
