Federal Government Spent About $700 Million On Non-Citizen Federal Prisoners In 2014
Alex Pfeiffer
Reporter
2:19 PM 07/15/2016
Inmates stand in a gymnasium where they are housed due to overcrowding at the California Institution for Men state prison in Chino, California, in this June 3, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files Inmates stand in a gymnasium where they are housed due to overcrowding at the California Institution for Men state prison in Chino, California, in this June 3, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files
A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) reveals that an estimated $700 million was spent housing non-citizen federal inmates in 2014.
The July report also shows that 11.2 percent of federal inmates, 23,532, were non-citizens in calendar year 2014. The Bureau of Prisons estimated that an average of $30,619.85 was spent per federal prisoner in fiscal year 2014. The fiscal year includes all but three months of a calendar year.
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