Cost of Corrections

Daily Costs of Incarceration

 Fiscal YearMinimum CustodyMedium CustodyClose CustodyAverage Daily CostAverage Daily Population
2024-2025$125.71$154.29$181.68$149.9231,004
2023-2024$128.22$151.58$174.22$148.6730,596
2022-2023$111.49$134.39$157.76$133.4329,554
2021-2022$118.26$132.87$149.72$130.9128,692
2020-2021$85.11$94.13$116.44$95.9228,035
2019-2020$120.22$123.48$146.47$127.6320,336
2018-2019$90.45$105.11$123.18$103.1936,219
2017-2018$86.92$102.46$116.75$99.2336,817

Community Supervision Daily Costs per Offender
(FY 2024-25)

ProgramAverage Daily Cost
Offender Supervision$ 9.86
TECS Recidivism Reduction Services$ 8.57
TECS Transitional Housing$ 76.37
Drug Screening program (per hand-held on site)$ 1.71
Electronic Monitoring and GPS$ 5.52
Post-Release/Parole Hearings$ 132.89

Daily Costs of Substance Abuse Treatment 
(FY 2024-25)

Program/FacilityAverage Daily Cost
DART Center (Goldsboro)$220.73
Black Mountain Substance Abuse Treatment Center for Women$380.65
Prison-based Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency treatment $47.41
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