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Cost of justice Name Institution affiliation Abstract With the number of incarcerated Americans being on the rise, the question of how costly the justice system still lingers. American still holds the record as the country with the highest number of incarcerations. According to Starr (2013), 1 out of every 100 Americans faces incarceration at some point in their lives. As it stands, the towering budgetary allocation on the sector continues to soar with the infamous war on crime gaining momentum. In fact, in the year 2006, the government spent a staggering $ 250 billion on the entire field, a sum that encompassed confinement, supervision, police services, as well as resource management. This devastatingly stiff spending curve led to the cutting of budgets, which still was barely enough. This subject has attracted several questions regarding the actual benefit of incarcerating. This paper thus discusses the cost-benefit analysis of the entire correctional system in an attempt decree justice as worthwhile. It further explores the actual footprint of imprisonment concerning the social, economic, and personal aspects. It also discusses the extent to which incarceration paves the way for justice and at what cost. The paper will finally conclude that stringent reforms in the system would come in handy in cutting costs substantially. Key words-correction, justice, the justice system, US, America, incarceration, prisons, criminal, budget, spending, rates. Introduction In the recent years, the US justice and criminal system have grown dramatically despite the downward spiral in crimes. According to The Council of Economic Advisors (2014, p.8), ‘the number of
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