The Cost of Incarcerating a Child for Life in the United States

INCARCERATING - LIFE O United States THE COST CHILD COLLECTIVELY THE 2,500 INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY SERVING JUVENILE LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE WILL COST TAXPAYERS AN ESTIMATED $6.2 BILLION OVER THEIR LIFETIMES. OF FOR THE WHEN A CHILD IS LOCKED UP UNTIL DEATH TAXPAYERS HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL. SO EXALTL MUCH OF A FINANCIAL BURDEN DOES SUCH AN EXTREME SENTENCE PLACE ON TAXPAYERS? Doing TIME is IT COSTS APPROKIMATELY $2.5 MILLION MONEY IF PAROLED AFTER SERVING IO YEARS AFTER BEI NG INCARCERATED AT TO INCARCERATE A CHILD FOR LIFE IN THE UNITED STÁTES AGE 16, A YOUTH WITHA HIGH SCI0OL EDUCATION COULD POTENTULLY CONTRIBUTE UP TO $2 18,560 IN TAX REVENUE BY WORKING UNTILAGE 66AFTER RELEASE FROM PRISON. $218,560 A PRODUCTIVE, TAX PAYING AND COLLEGE-EDUCATED ADULT CONTRIBUTES OVER $I MILLION TO SOCIETY ÖVER A LIFETIME: THAT FORMERLY INCARCERATED YOUTH, IF ABLE TO EARNA COLL EGE DEGRE, WILL ON AVERAGE COMNTRIBUTE $706,560 IN TAX REVENUE BY WORKING UNTIL AGE 66. For each inmate $706,560 Released after 30 years Taxpayer Cost: $938,580 MIRE THAN 2KOF PEOPRE SERMING LFEWITIOUT PARO LE AFTER BEING 10x SENTENCED AS CHLDAEN WERE COICTEDOF ÆLINY MIRDER IRACOMPLICE LAILITY, MEAMNG TIẾY wRE NOT THE TRR PERSONANI MAY MOT HAVE EVEN BEDI PRESENT AT THE TIME SOMEDNE MAS LLD us Released after 20 years Taxpayer Cost: $625,720 IN THE UNITED STATES, IT COSTS RYEAR TO INCARCERATE AN AGING INMATE. IN 2013, OUR MATION IS PROJECTED TO SPEND $I1,810 PER YEAR TO EDUCATEA CHILD.S THE UN TED SATESIS THE INLY COUN TIYIN THEMORLD THAT SONTENCES CHLOREN TO DIE M PRISON. $68,270 PO AFACAHAMERON YOTI ARE SDN TEHCEI TO LFEMTHOITAIOLEAS CHLDRENATA PEI CAPITA ATE THAT BO TIMES THAT IFMHITE TOUTH COMICTED IF TIE SANE CRMES Released after 10 years Taxpayer Cost: $312,860 THE MONIES SPENT ON INCARCERATING I CHILD FOR LIFE COULD EDUCATE APPROXIMA TELY I00 STUDENTS FOR A YEAR. к13 x169 FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT FAIRSENTENCINGOFYOUTH.ORG. TAKEPART.COM/SNITCH PhpA Soste "the calpao adaieta The Fesal onguene Lacy Reied tor hp raiona coisienoraduiacy.ogicente calimpast pd Calculeion age co peryer per ime lo Calculaion- age cost peryeer per iateto inoa e belon age 034)- Malional ate tor anual co farthe cae of an mae ater age 0 x21a00, A Aneia Epera The Ma ieyorionnoort 20190at atiedeat aaan Te l Coraequenps of Adut Educational Aaent, Naional Priecd puentariacends per Dupla lenolient tor publio elemenary and secandary 00 A Amera Ep The sinrionef Bonton orking Faper 20ar02 urLay seved trom beIDgeionenheppo Sons 1aae ogt etderoriorvport10 pet p00eppowp