LAO Incarceration Cost

…rams $4,761 Academic education 2,154 In‑prison programs 1,937 Vocational training 671 Miscellaneous $728 Total $127,788 Note: Detail may not add due to rounding. The average annual cost for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to incarcerate a person was $127,800 per person at the time the 2025-26 budget was enacted. It represents the amount CDCR was budgeted to spend on average per person on prison operations in 2025-26. Since 2010-11, the annual average cost has increased by about $78,900 or 161 percent. This in…