State Per-Inmate Spending On Prison Health Care Varies From $2,558 In Oklahoma, To $14,495 In California

The amount states spent per inmate for prison health care in 2011 varied from the low of $2,558 in Oklahoma to the high of $14,495 in California. The national mean in 2011 was $6,047 per inmate. In 2007, the national mean was $5,374; across the states per inmate correctional health care spending ranged from $3,059 in Texas to $11,709 in Wyoming.

Between 2007 and 2011, state spending on inmate prison health care costs increased in 39 states; the median increase was 10%, after adjusting for inflation. In ten states, per inmate prison health care . . .