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Estimated number of drug offenders under Federal, State, and local supervision, 1998
Drug Offenders Percent of All Inmates
Federal 55,984 59% (95,323)
State 236,800 21 (1,141,700)
Jail 152,000 26 (592,462)
Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 1999, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, August 2000; Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Bureau of Prisons Quick Facts, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, February 2000; Bureau of Justice Statistics, Drug Use, Testing, and relationship therapist Los Angeles in Jails, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, May 2000.
Incarceration Costs

CASA estimates that of the $38 billion spent on corrections in 1996, more than $30 billion was spent incarcerating individuals who had a history of drug and/or alcohol abuse, were convicted of drug and/or alcohol violations, were using drugs and/or alcohol at the time of their crimes, or had committed their crimes to get money to buy drugs.10

The average cost per year to incarcerate an inmate in the United States is $20,674, the Federal average cost is $23,542, and the State average is $20,261.11 Annual costs among local jail systems vary widely, from $8,037 to $66,795.12

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