The U.S. spends over $30,000 per year on each individual incarcerated. 1 out of ever 110 adults are incarcerated in the U.S. Roughly 1/2 of the U.S. prison population is serving time for drug related offenses. If you cut that number by 25% they could free up around 16 million dollars that could be reallocated to “real” re-entry programs and higher education.
Prison Overcrowding 