According to the Maryland Department of Legislative. Services House Bill 978, currently, the average total cost per incarcerated person in State correctional facilities, including overhead, is estimated at $4,970 per month or $59,640 per year. In Fiscal Year 2023, the average daily number of sentenced individuals in Maryland was
14,455.

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For a fraction of the cost of incarceration, the HTP Homes Building Second Chances Program provides
justice-involved persons a pathway to full-time
employment and family-sustaining wages.