Cost of Republican-led U.S. drug war

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New York City pays $167,731 per year per prisoner
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 * NYC's yearly cost per inmate ($167,731) almost as expensive as 4-year Ivy League tuition. . By Associated Press. 30 Sept 2013.
 * War on drugs a trillion-dollar failure - CNN.com. By Richard Branson, Special to CNN, December 7, 2012.



USA. Direct expenditure by criminal justice function
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World incarceration rates
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