What are the latest prison statistics?
85% of all inmates are eventually released due to overcrowding. Eight of 10 will likely be back in prison within three years. 50% of inmates released from prison commit an average of 162 crimes per year. 40% commit less than 10 per year. The remaining 10% commit between 500 and 600 crimes per year. Crime costs in the United States are $425 billion annually. According to the national bestseller, “The Day America Told the Truth,” crime is 600% higher than what the media presents to the public. According to CNN, America fills 1,100 new prison beds every day, at a cost of 70 – 80 million dollars per prison. It costs you, the taxpayer, $16 billion per year to operate the U.S. prison system. At the present rate of incarceration, it is estimated that one half of America will be in prison 55 years from now. To imprison one person for life (30 years) costs the taxpayers over $1,000,000. Since 1985, the total number of inmates in the custody of State and Federal prisons and local jails has more
