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English: Timeline of yearly U.S criminal justice spending. 1982-2007. By function (police, corrections, judicial). Inflation-adjusted expenditures in 2007 constant dollars. $228 billion total in 2007. $50 billion for judicial and legal costs. $104 billion for police. $74 billion for corrections alone. There were 2,296,400 adult inmates in 2007 , and 86,814 juveniles in detention . That adds up to 2,383,214 inmates. Per inmate costs can not be calculated from this alone because corrections costs also covers probation and parole.
Date between 1982 and 2007
Source

Direct expenditure for each of the major justice functions (police, corrections, judicial) has been increasing . Inflation adjusted to 2007 dollars. Retrieved 1 Jan 2012 by the Internet Archive . See the data table for the graph. It is also copied below.

See also: Justice Expenditures and Employment, FY 1982-2007 - Statistical Tables (NCJ 236218). Published December 2011. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). By Tracey Kyckelhahn, Ph.D., BJS statistician. See table 2 on page 5 of the PDF : "Total justice expenditures, by justice function, FY 1982–2007 (real dollars)". It is copied below. See also appendix table 1 on page 10: "Total justice expenditures, by nominal and real dollars, FY 1982–2007". It is also copied below.
Author U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
Other versions See File:US criminal justice cost timeline.gif for a non-inflation-adjusted graph. That page also has more sourcing, charts, and info.


Table 2. Total justice expenditures, by justice function,
fiscal year 1982–2007 (real dollars).
Real dollars (inflation adjusted to 2007 constant dollars).
Expenditures (in millions)
Year Total Judicial and
legal services 		Police
protection 		Corrections
1982 84,129 18,132 44,625 21,371
1987 114,484 24,356 55,903 34,226
1992 154,912 34,576 68,216 52,120
1997 189,463 41,383 84,198 63,884
2002 227,672 51,052 100,685 75,933
2007 227,563 49,721 103,643 74,198


Appendix Table 1. Total justice expenditures,
fiscal year 1982–2007.
Nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation), and real dollars (inflation adjusted to 2007 constant dollars).
Year Nominal dollars
(in millions) 		Real dollars
(in millions)
1982 35,842 84,129
1987 58,871 114,484
1992 93,777 154,912
1997 129,793 189,463
2002 179,580 227,672
2007 227,563 227,563


Direct expenditures by justice function,
1982-2007 (billions of dollars).
Inflation adjusted to 2007 constant dollars.
Year Police Judicial Corrections
1982 $43 $17 $20
1983 $44 $19 $22
1984 $46 $19 $24
1985 $48 $21 $27
1986 $51 $22 $31
1987 $55 $24 $33
1988 $57 $26 $38
1989 $59 $28 $41
1990 $62 $30 $45
1991 $65 $32 $49
1992 $67 $34 $51
1993 $70 $34 $51
1994 $71 $35 $54
1995 $73 $37 $60
1996 $78 $38 $60
1997 $83 $41 $63
1998 $87 $43 $64
1999 $90 $45 $68
2000 $92 $46 $70
2001 $94 $49 $74
2002 $100 $51 $75
2003 $101 $50 $74
2004 $103 $49 $72
2005 $103 $49 $71
2006 $103 $49 $72
2007 $104 $50 $74