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Maintaining the status quo will cost North Dakota a minimum
of $485 million in additional spending over the next decade
Ten-year cost of relying on
contracted capacity to accommodate
HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED ONE-DAY TOTAL INMATE COUNTS,
FY2005-2025
projected prison growth
3,500
3,000
2,500
Current contract beds (530)
2,000
1,751
carried forward through 2025
$220M
1,329
1,500
1,000
+
500
0
T
Population growth (1,310)
carried through 2025
$265M
Total Estimated Cost of
Accommodating Prison
Growth Through Contract
Beds daily rate estimate is $114/day
=
$485M
2013
2015
2017
2005
2007
2009
2011
Actual One-Day Count
3,061
EXISTING CAPACITY 1,515
2019
T
2021
2023
2025
Projected One-Day Count
Building a NEW STATE PRISON would add costs above
the contract beds
OUT-OF-STATE CONTRACT BEDS likely would be
needed, possibly increasing collateral costs
Contract beds within the state of North Dakota are
NOT ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED to handle inmates'
special needs
Source: DOCR emails (2015-17 contract facility budget information and DOCR facility cost-per-day figures); DOCR housing data; DOCR
inmate projections; "Locking Up North Dakota," DOCR 2015.
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