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March 31, 2025 09:25 AM
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“Massachusetts leverages evidence-based programs and strategic resource management to promote rehabilitation, accountability and post-incarceration success,” a department spokesman said.
Massachusetts Department of Correction
Matthew Medsger
Boston Herald
BOSTON — Massachusetts continues to spend more putting and keeping people behind bars than any other state, according to a recent study.
While the Bay State can boast the lowest incarceration rate among the 50 states, it spends more than twice per prisoner as Vermont, the second highest spending jurisdiction, according to a recent study published by the law firm Bader Scott.
The law firm’s study matches findings published by government data aggregator USAFacts in 2024, and in both publications, the Bay State is listed as spending $307,468 per prisoner.
Vermont, which the study shows spends around $134,000 per inmate, came in at number two, while the lowest-spending, Arkansas, was found to shell out just $23,000 per confined person.
According to Seth Bader, the law firm’s founder, a state’s investment in correction directly correlates to its results.
“These financial decisions impact everything from rehabilitation programs to recidivism rates. States that invest more per prisoner often provide better educational opportunities and mental health services, which can reduce the likelihood of reoffending after release,” Bader said.
The study examined data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances against prison population data provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to arrive at the cost borne by each state’s Department of Corrections equivalent and other state-level “criminal justice agencies.”
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