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.
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States like Georgia and Florida are increasing spending on security and staffing, while California and Pennsylvania look to cut costs
The funding request includes anti-drone systems, mail scanning technology and a dedicated transport team following the 2024 hospital attack on COs
There are many effective strategies for successful budget development – here are five key rules to keep in mind during the budget process
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
Department of Correction has refused to negotiate with the town over the unpaid bill
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office may reopen a section of the jail this year after receiving an additional $125,000 in funding from county commissioners
More homework is required before any study on the Vigo County Jail will be funded
$53.5 million would be included to hire corrections and parole officers and expand community corrections programs
Supporters say tax is necessary due to overcrowding, opponents unsure of how money will be spent
About $41 million of the money sought would be used to hire 87 employees at prisons
Bill designed to provide a long-term funding solution to the cash-strapped ranch for juvenile offenders in Sedgwick County died in the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee on Tuesday
Lawmakers would inject about $175 million into two large state agencies that provide social services and run prisons
Senate Bill 1507 will undoubtedly take a back seat to a more pressing matter: keeping the Oregon Department of Corrections in fiscal order
We are charged these days in the criminal justice system to do more with less
Asked questions about a January report from the State Auditor showing the district had misspent more than $700,000
Two employees of a western Michigan prison where a convicted killer escaped for 24 hours have been suspended
Inmate: “As soon as (COs) turned their back a little bit, I dove in the snow and crawled to the path I had in mind”