Finance & Budgets
Effective finance and budget management is critical for the smooth operation of correctional facilities. This directory offers articles and resources on budgeting strategies, financial planning, and resource allocation within the correctional system. Understanding how to manage finances and budgets helps facility administrators ensure that funds are used efficiently and that essential programs and operations are adequately supported. For more insights into funding, explore our section on Corrections Grants.
The Maine Department of Corrections proposes raising fees on medical care, room and board, and prison-issued laptops as some incarcerated workers earn $40K to $96K remotely
Using an online tax preparation service or working with a public safety tax preparation expert might save you time and money. Here’s what to know.
From managing unpredictable income to planning for early retirement, this guide offers essential financial strategies tailored to police, fire, EMS and corrections professionals
The DOC said it’s a result of low prison population
The price tag for housing, feeding and caring for a prisoner has climbed to almost $64K annually
Unemployment is down and wages are up in Kansas — except for corrections officers
New proposal would save the state $156M in mental health, prisoner health, and indigent care costs
The blueprint recommends how to spend nearly $6.2B in state money
The researchers surveyed staff and inmates at 14 of Florida’s prisons and administrative headquarters over three months
The law had reduced the ranks of the incarcerated by 13,000 and is estimated to save the state about $150 million this year
Tax dollars were used to conduct a survey of inmates’ food preferences, resulting in the removal of pork products
Two full-time workers help the former inmates with issues related to jobs, education, Social Security, mental health, food stamps, utilities, transportation and housing
A defunct Las Vegas company that used prison inmates as employees in its steel business still owes the Nevada Department of Corrections $428,000, but the chances of collecting are slim to none
Currently there is no precise figure for the amount the jails might need
The Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 ordered the state’s Department of Corrections to start a program dubbed “Risk, Assets and Needs Assessment” (RANA), which was to be implemented statewide by 2013
The 2016 budget and its funding requests are set to be finalized by the Howard County Council Thursday
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services would cut $24 million
The new fiscal year is less than two months away and legislators have yet to settle on a way to handle a projected $200 million shortfall in the general fund budget
Alabama Legislature will convene on Aug. 3 to address a $200 million shortfall in the General Fund budget
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is on track to bust its budget by an estimated $12 million this year
If you’re looking for a more affordable way to get that desired body scanner, here are some creative options to add to your budget
The funding bump will bring the prison agency into the black for the first time in three years
Proposal supported by Gov. Sam Brownback would have hiked sales and cigarette taxes to close a budget deficit
Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget director has said that Brownback would most likely cut $400 million from the budget approved by lawmakers
Giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to come up with ways to reduce the number of people unnecessarily behind bars
Funds generated by the $25 fee were allocated to the millions of dollars inmates owe toward court costs, fines and restitution to victims
Two bills put the inmate’s family $4,000 in the hole
State could save $2 million over the next three years by choosing a new private contractor to provide health care for inmates
Commissioner says that staffing won’t get short changed
Deputy Corrections Director said funding for the project was approved by the Iowa legislature so the cost should not be a surprise
Additional $28M would go toward facility repairs, new hires and beefing up application screening and recruitment units to attract better talent to the troubled agency
Targets state pension problems and add a pay raise for state correctional officers