Problem
Prohibitive cost of prisons
Other Names:
Social cost of incarceration Incidence:
The USA has the world's highest rate of incarceration and the prison population is rising by 13% a year. This means building new prisons at the rate of $100 million a week in construction costs alone. It costs over $40,000 a year to keep a convict in a federal high-security prison.
Aggravates:
Inadequate prison capacity Values:
CostlinessProhibitionUnsociable Subject(s):
Commerce → Purchasing, supplyingSocietal Problems → Detention
Society → Social
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
02.10.2019 – 18:38 CEST