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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Governor Brian Kemp’s plan includes pay raises, new facilities and repairs to decades-old infrastructure in the next 18 months
The Lancaster County Prison warden said most funds will go to staffing for chronic care, mental health and medication-assisted treatment
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”
Allocated more than $360 million for 2015
The daily cost to hold an inmate in the Tulsa Jail is more than $51.90
The departure of psychiatrists who were fired or quit has left the unit seriously understaffed, with doctors handling twice their case loads of the previous year
Overtime pay jumped 34 percent last year as the state grappled with its overcrowded penal system and a decision to close some facilities
Ongoing protection of the public is expensive in an economy where cash is king and, after election day, challenges for the winners are king-sized
Approximately 56,000 solar panels, which generate 14 megawatts of power, were constructed adjacent to the four prisons at no cost to taxpayers
One of the fastest-growing subgroups are inmates serving life without the possibility of parole
The Department of Corrections has done a poor job of monitoring the state’s 20 privately run halfway houses, study concludes
Officials are eagerly awaiting word from the state as to if and when the funds will ever be available to open the prison
Five people are accused in a counterfeit check ring involving more than $4,200 worth of bogus checks
Concord prison, the state’s largest, houses 1,350 male prisoners, most of whom live in one of three main housing units
Maricopa County officials also said that Arpaio’s office had spent the money on unsuccessful criminal cases brought against two county officials and a judge