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Spending<br />

IL needs to identify opportunities to reduce cost in its corrections budget<br />

<strong>Findings</strong> & Recommendations<br />

US (1)<br />

Spending: $47 b<br />

Population: 2.3 m<br />

IL (2, 3)<br />

FY08 Spending: $1.2 b<br />

FY08 Population: 45,548<br />

FY07 Spending: $1.1 b<br />

FY07 Population: 45,565<br />

(1) Total <strong>State</strong> General Funds Spending on Corrections. The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections: Rethinking<br />

Policies <strong>and</strong> Practices, VERA Institute, Christine S. Scott-Hayward, July 2009.<br />

(2) IDOC 2008 Annual Report<br />

(3) IDOC 2007 Annual Report<br />

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