Webin 2016, the minority and justice commission was the recipient of a department of justice, office of justice programs grant, β€œthe price of justice: Criminal justice reforms and corrections cost forecasts require appropriate estimates of the marginal costs of incarceration to adequately assess cost savings and. Webif the actual price of a jail cannot be determined by looking at the jail line item in a county budget, how can policymakers and administrators figure it out?

Webcriminal justice investments include taxpayer costs for law enforcement, courts, corrections (mainly jail and prison), and community corrections (such as probation and parole).