Budget Overview
Oklahoma Department of Corrections FY2024 at a glance.
ODOC Total Budget
FY2024
Source: Oklahoma Senate Budget Review
Annual Cost Per Prisoner
$67.53 per day
Source: ODOC FY2024
Taxpayer Funded
$585.3M from Oklahoma taxpayers
Source: ODOC FY2024
Daily Cost Breakdown
Every day an Oklahoman is incarcerated costs taxpayers $67.53.
$67.53
Per day, per prisoner
3 days of groceries for a family of 4
A full tank of gas
A month of school lunches for 2 children
What else could $67.53 buy for an Oklahoma family?
Prison vs Community Sentencing
Oklahoma pays 15.2x more to imprison someone than to supervise them in the community.
Prison
$24,648
$67.53/day
15.2x
more expensive
Community Sentencing
$1,621
$4.44/day
Where the Money Comes From
91% of the corrections budget is funded directly by Oklahoma taxpayers.
91%
Taxpayer
Taxpayer Funded — 91%
$585,312,000
Other Revenue — 9%
$57,888,000
Reform Budget Calculator
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Prison cost saved
$144,807,000
5,875 prisoners x $24,648/yr
Community sentencing cost
$9,523,375
5,875 x $1,621/yr
Net annual savings
$135,283,625
K-12 Education Reinvestment
Per-student increase
+$193
New per-student spend
$11,504
Spending improvement
+1.7%
Cost Per Person: Prison vs Community
Prison is 15.2x more expensive
What $643,200,000 Could Fund Instead
If Oklahoma redirected its corrections budget, here is what it could achieve.
26,000
Teacher salaries ($25K raises)
67,000
K-12 students’ annual costs ($11,311 each)
128,600
College scholarships ($5,000 each)
4
New hospitals ($160M each)
321
New schools ($2M each)
3 years
Full Medicaid expansion coverage