The document compares the costs of incarceration versus house arrest. It shows that house arrest costs $9,125 per person per year, while incarceration costs $33,822 per person per year. Additionally, the recidivism rate of prisoners in Michigan in 1994 was 48% reconvicted and 34% sent back to prison within 3 years, while the recidivism rate of juveniles on house arrest in Michigan in 1992 was only 5%. House arrest is significantly cheaper than incarceration and has a lower recidivism rate.

1. Incarceration vs. house
arrest
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2. Costs of Incapacitation in
Michigan
Total taxpayer cost in 2010 Prison cost in 2010
Annual Cost per prisoner in 2010
$1,276,954
$1,198,237
$33,822

3. House Arrest & incarceration Costs
per person per day/year
$20,000
$18,000
$16,000
$14,000
$12,000
$10,000
$18,250
$8,000
$6,000
$4,000 $9,125 $50
$2,000
$0 $25
per per per per
person/day person/year person/day person/year
House Arrest cost Incarceration cost

4. Recidivism Rate of
Prisoners
Recidivism rate of 300,000 Prisoners in
Michigan in 1994
18%
Rearrested within 3
years
48% Reconvicted
Sent back to prison
34%

5. Recidivism Rate of House
Arrest
Recidivism Rate of 300 juveniles on House
arrest in Michigan in1992
5%
Recedivism Rate
300 Juveniles
95%

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