The median starting salary for 2012 law graduates in the private sector from all of these schools was at least $100,000. Graduates of Clark Law School at Brigham Young University receive the largest median salary in relation to average law school debt, according to data submitted to U.S. News. By Delece Smith-Barrow.
Quick Answer. According to a survey conducted by the Vera Institute of Justice, the average U.S. taxpayer cost per prison inmate is $31,286, as of 2012. The study, conducted among 40 states, calculates the cost of prison operations at $39 billion annually. Keep Learning.
States spent $29.5 billion on prisons in fiscal 2001 State prison expenditures totaled $29.5billion in fiscal year 2001. Adjusted forinflation, this was approximately $5.5billion more than was spent in FY 1996.California reported the largest prison expenditure, $4.2 billion, and NorthDakota the smallest, $26.8 million.