Nevada Factsheet Incarceration

From Desert Beacon Blog, Jan. 11th 2011, some figures on the NDOC population:

The Nevada Prison System: Walking The Emergency Threshold Line

From the Fact sheet of the Pew Center, 2009:

1 in 48 adults (note1,2)

is under correctional control

• Growth over time: in 1982, the figure was 1 in 66

adults (note 1,2)

• Percent behind bars: at year end 2007, 54 percent

of the correctional population was in prison or

jail (national rank: 3); the figure for 1982 was 38

percent (national rank: 12) (note 1)

$253 million (note 6)

spent on corrections

• Share of general fund: 7.9 percent in fiscal year 20086

• Ratio of spending: For every dollar Nevada spent on

prisons in 2008, it spent 17 cents on probation and

parole (note5)

SOURCES:

1) Bureau of Justice Statistics, Correctional Surveys (U.S. Department of

Justice);

2) U.S. Census, State Population Estimates;

3) Administrative Office of U.S. Courts;

4) Bureau of Prisons (U.S. Department of Justice);

5) Pew, Original Data;

6) National Association of State Budget Officers, State Expenditure Reports

03/02/2009 - As a supplement to the report One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections, these fact sheets describe the size and cost of the correctional populations in each of the states.

Download the full report and explanatory notes by visiting

www.pewcenteronthestates.org/publicsafety

http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewcenteronthestatesorg/Fact_Sheets/PSPP_1in31_factsheet_NV.pdf

See also the Pew Center Prison Count 2010, Nevada has 12,539 prisoners as of January 1, 2010.

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Here is more info plus a graphic picture about the question:  "How much does it cost to keep a criminal?"(click on graphic to enlarge). The beginning of this article goes:

How expensive is justice?

Pretty darn costly. But depending on your point of view, the costs of keeping criminals behind bars or executing them might be worth it.

What can’t be argued, though, is that incarceration and execution are both terribly cost-ineffective methods of dealing with criminals. Probation and parole, for instance, are far less expensive.

It costs an average of $3.42 a day to keep a prisoner on probation, and $7.47 to keep that same prisoner on parole. Compare that with how costly it is to keep prisoners locked up; it costs an average of $78.95 each day to keep a criminal behind bars.

Now, depending on the crime, you might think that cost is worth it to keep dangerous criminals off the street. Consider this, though: It costs more to keep someone in prison for one day that it costs to keep that person on parole or probation for 22.

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