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projected prison growth
Ten-year cost of relying on
contracted capacity to accommodate
North Dakota's criminal justice system poses significant financial challenges
unless policy action is taken
3,500
FY2005-2025
HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED ONE-DAY TOTAL INMATE COUNTS,
Current contract beds (530)
3,000
carried forward through 2025
2,500
3,061
$220 M
2,000
1,500
1,329
1,751
1,000
Population growth (1,310)
carried through 2025
+
500
0
$265 M
=
2005
2007
2009
2011
EXISTING CAPACITY 1,515
Actual One-Day Count
2013
2015
2017
T
T
2019
2021
2023
2025
Total Estimated Cost of
Accommodating Prison
Growth Through Contract $485 M
Beds daily rate estimate is $114/day
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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