Average Cost of Housing a Federal Prisoner

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USA Snapshot. USA Today, Feb 15, 2013.

"Housing Federal Prisoners[;] Annual cost of imprisonment per inmate in fiscal year:

2000*******$21,603
2012*******$29,027

Source: Bureau of Prisoners via CRS
ANNE R CAREY AND ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ, USA TODAY"

Note:
(a) USA Snapshot is the graphic at the lower left corner of the front page.
(b) The graphic does not say whether the 200 figure is adjusted for inflation.