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 Lancaster County Prison warden said most funds will go to staffing for chronic care, mental health and medication-assisted treatment
After the county failed to pay money owed to the security company, the company ended its contract and let its officers walk out of the Fulton County Jail in the middle of the day
The lawsuit cited mandatory 15-minute roll call meetings and a rounding system that allegedly denied Howard County corrections officers proper pay for all hours worked
The time to start thinking about your finances as they relate to your children is before they’re even born
Almost 30,000 prisoners have been released through programs outlined in the Justice Reinvestment Act of 2012
A top State Board of Corrections official says the Maine county jail system is facing a $2.5 million budget shortfall this year
The county sheriff is in a financial crisis, and the ramifications are clear at the jail
The county jail is projected to overspend its budget by $1.9 million, $1.4 million of it due to overtime
By creating a budget, you can break the Overtime Cycle and give yourself a fighting chance to not only get your head above water, but to improve your financial wellbeing
Having inmates pay for lunch would help offset budget, sheriff says; ACLU disagrees
Many say that the state is not doing enough
Rogers County inmates generate an additional $50,000 for the sheriff office budget by picking up garbage
Commissioners are confident that they can secure a contract that isn’t exploitative or unduly expensive
Securus Technologies was seeking a contract with the Dallas County Jail, but the contract would have required the banning of face-to-face visits for inmates and their families
TDCJ officials released Legislative Appropriation Request that includes $235M to give employees a 10 percent pay bump
Overtime was budgeted for this year at $45,000 – instead, they’ve gone well over that, totaling in at $705,000
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The new plan is to move even as few as a single inmate to the state Department of Correction rather than waiting to move several at a time
Calculated through 2064, the total cost, officials estimated, would climb to about $10 million
Sheriff to ask county to reimburse COs for ‘significant amount of back pay’
Sheriff disagrees with findings, says measures are already in place to bring down costs
Woodbury County has been approved to spend $185,000 on updates for their video equipment
Circuit Court No. 1 Judge Dan Moore said in a June 20 letter to the Clark County Council that he is against “continued excessive spending”
Councilman stated that the jail has never been at full capacity for staffing, so how do they know how many officers they really need?
County would have to reopen a closed section of the jail and hire four more employees
A $13 million supplemental appropriations bill to help the state prison system pay its bills has been signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin
$13 million supplemental appropriation would help the agency pay its bills for the current fiscal year
Counties could be getting be getting millions of additional dollars from the state for housing inmates in their jails
Undersheriff: “It’s good for us because now we have more space for our own prisoners”
Mental health training a major focus
Likely will push some expenses into next year to make ends meet
Bill adds increase of $6.6 million compared to the current budget Read more: http://thegazette.com/2014/04/01/iowa-house-justice-systems-budget-adds-troopers-not-prison-guards/#ixzz2xk1PobuJ
Medical costs for a jail in south-central Tennessee are projected to overrun the budget by $300,000 by the end of June
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