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Prisons cost taxpayers more than $32 billion a year. Every year that an inmate spends in prison <br />costs $22,000. An individual sentenced to five years fora $300 theft costs the public more than <br />$144,400. The cost of a life term averages $1.5 million. <br />States are spending more money on prisons than education. Over the course of the last 20 years, <br />the amount of money spent on prisons was increased by 570% while that spent on elementary <br />and secondary education was increased by only 33%. *** <br />The need for the Youth Build program in our area is evident by the less than high school <br />graduation attainment rate, the unemployment rate, the poverty rate, and the housing vacancy <br />rate especially as experienced by blacks in our community as described below; <br />Less Than High <br />School Graduates* Males- 18-24 <br />yrs Females 18-24 <br />yrs <br />Total 5,285 4,844 <br />Overall Percentage 26.3% 22.9% <br />Poverty Rate Total Percentage National <br />18-64 Year olds 59,519 21.4% X <br />Free or Reduced <br />Lunch Eligibility* 21,973 61 % 41.8% <br />Black 23,873 34.3% X <br />White 62,000 15.9% X <br />Housing Vacancy Estimate Percent U.S. <br />Rate <br />Total Housing Units 47,813 X X <br />Occupied Housing 39,374 82.3 88.0 <br />Units <br />Vacant Housing 8,439 17.7 12.0 <br />Units <br />YB P2of10 <br />