How much has your community spent on prison-made goods and services?
Texas is one of few states that doesn't pay incarcerated men and women anything for their work. They net $50 million for the state every year providing services like school bus repair and braille transcription. They make flags, desks-- even the chairs lawmakers sit in at the State Capitol. Find out what your community purchased between 2017 and 2022
Biggest Spenders by Category
Municipalities City of Dallas $260,327.84
City of Alvarado $187,513.45
City of Lake Jackson $164,410.74
City of Burnet $138,902.03
City of Groves $57,718.96
City of Galveston $45,230.92
City of Huntsville $37,145.07
City of San Antonio $36,915
City of Copperas Cove $25,598.63
City of Floresville $24,684.3
Counties Dallas County $212,839.71
Denton County $194,579.17
El Paso County $155,486.01
Galveston County $123,843.93
Andrews County $59,264.33
Liberty County $52,783.37
Orange County $41,128.64
Lipscomb County $35,140.96
Kaufman County $31,018.82
Bastrop County $15,800.33
State Agencies Texas Department of Motor Vehicles $62,519,074.6
Texas Department of Transportation-Austin $39,430,097.87
Texas Department of Public Safety $7,860,175.91
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department $5,416,795.35
Texas Facilities Commission $4,359,269.27
Office of the Attorney General of Texas $1,803,055.03
Texas Department of Transportation-San Antonio $1,739,467.59
Texas Department of Transportation-Fort Worth $1,721,151.3
Office of the Governor $1,374,944.36
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts $1,278,987.31
K-12 Education Lamar Consolidated Independent School District $177,141.36
Brazos Independent School District $150,768.37
Spring Branch Independent School District $147,560.33
Garland Independent School District $122,855.09
Amarillo Independent School District $107,653.07
Raymondville Independent School District $98,377.11
Westwood Independent School District $93,322.45
Jasper Independent School District $91,715.6
Higher Education Sam Houston State University $379,891.42
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center $103,579.33
Texas A&M University $100,979.47
Trinity Valley Community College $42,341
Stephen F. Austin State University $33,806.8
Prairie View A&M University $28,447.34
University of Texas at Austin $21,109.63
Navarro College $20,090
Texas State University $13,804.2
Texas State Technical College Harlingen $13,419.5
Courts Lee County Judge $11,488.82
Supreme Court of Texas $8,266.41
Burleson County Judge $2,550
Atascosa County Judge $2,386
Lott Municipal Court $2,240
Lee County District Court $1,930.5
Polk County Judges Office $1,908
Rains County Judge $1,640
38th District Court $1,118.58
Law Enforcement and Corrections Texas Department of Criminal Justice Commissary $7,359,763.27
Oklahoma Department of Corrections-Oklahoma City $236,803.01
City of Port Neches Police Department $69,797.36
Denton County Sheriff's Office $43,395
Idaho Department of Corrections $27,571.5
City of Ennis Police Department $26,039.68
Collin County Justice Center $24,787
Bastrop County Sheriff's Office $22,950.3
Out of State Georgia Institute of Technology $930,290.04
Oklahoma Department of Corrections-Oklahoma City $236,803.01
Idaho Department of Corrections $27,571.5
Oklahoma State Reformatory $16,370.05
Town of East Longmeadow $8,566