The true cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion

Carimah Townes  Criminal justice reporter at ThinkProgress. Contact me: ctownes@thinkprogress.org Sep 12 In recent years, the bipartisan push for criminal justice reform has been fueled in large part by the astronomical price tag that comes with mass incarceration. Locking people up in federal, state, and local correctional facilities costs the government a whopping $80 billion, and taxpayers end… Read More The true cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion