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>> we're paying about 18,000 per prisoner just to keep them, house them, the security, for the facilities. >> while corrections budgets keep growing, lawmakers in georgia and other states are deciding where else to cut and has some education advocates worried. >> and unfortunately it's up high and the revenue, not only in the nation are trading the last several years and the battle for the funds is more serious than before. >> many states have large spending gaps between spending and corrections and georgia spends nearly $18,000 per prisoner each year, but only about $3800 for students. law en...

>> we're paying about 18,000 per prisoner just to keep them, house them, the security, for the facilities. >> while corrections budgets keep growing, lawmakers in georgia and other states are deciding where else to cut and has some education advocates worried. >> and unfortunately it's up high and the revenue, not only in the nation are trading the last several years and the battle for the funds is more serious than before. >> many states have large spending gaps between spending and corrections and georgia spends nearly $18,000 per prisoner each year, but only about $3800 for students. law en...

Discrepancy, the states spend about $29,000 per inmate per year but only about $10,000 per student. it's a price gap that is not going anywhere. >> as state lawmakers across the station wrangle over budget difficulties many are trying to keep up with the increasing costs to run overcrowded prisons. >> we're paying about $18,000 per prisoner just to keep them, to house them, for security, for facility. >> reporter: corrections budgets keep going, lawmakers in georgia and other states are deciding where to cut. it has education advocates are worried. >> the pie has been shrink go so the battle f...