Webcriminal justice investments include taxpayer costs for law enforcement, courts, corrections (mainly jail and prison), and community corrections (such as probation and. Web2 the price of jails: Measuring the tapayer cost of local incarceration from the president a look at who is currently in jail—and. Webpayer cost of incarcerating a sentenced adult offender to state prison in 40 states, and presents a methodology states can use to calculate their total prison costs. Webthis report surveys 35 jail jurisdictions in 18 states to tally the actual price of their jails—and discovered that the untallied cost of jail can be sizable. More than 20 percent of jail. Webcriminal justice reforms and corrections cost forecasts require appropriate estimates of the marginal costs of incarceration to adequately assess cost savings and. Webbigger jail populations mean increased costs for staff and other expenses. Department of justice estimated that local communities spent $22. 2 billion on jails in.