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Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration

Published Dec 9, 2014, Justice Policy Institute

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Thirty-three U.S. states and jurisdictions spend $100,000 or more annually to incarcerate a young person, and continue to generate outcomes that result in even greater costs. The Justice Policy Institute's report, Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration, provides estimates of the overall costs resulting from the negative outcomes associated with incarceration. The report finds that these long-term consequences of incarcerating young people could cost taxpayers $8 billion to $21 billion each year.

• Download the full report.
• Read the executive summary.
• Visit Justice Policy Institute's website. 

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