The US Spends Way More On Inmates Than On Students
The US incarceration rate remains the highest in the world, and it's a costly policy, not just for inmates but for the government which has to pay to house over 2.3 million inmates.
How much? Across the US, an average of $31,000 is spent annually on every inmate — nearly three times the money spent on each American student:
[Knoema]