BJS: Bureau of Justice Statistics
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What contributions do federal, state, and local budgets make to justice expenditures in the United States? In 2006 local governments funded half (or $109 billion) of all direct justice system—police protection, judicial and legal services, and corrections—expenses in the United States. State government spending accounted for 33% (or $69 billion) of the money spent nationwide on direct justice services; federal funding accounted for 16% (or $36 billion). |