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 state spends $307,468 per prisoner, which is double Vermont, the second-place state, and dwarfs the $23,000 Arkansas spends on each prisoner
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
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$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
Differences between state Senate and House spending bills have created dangerous discrepancy, Sen. Tom Hancock, D-Epworth warns
Taxpayers paid $272,900 for time when the 66 employees were absent during the three-month sample period from June through August last year
The Dayton Daily News reports Republican Gov. John Kasich’s proposal would close six watchtowers at the state’s maximum-security prison in Lucasville
Commissioner warns the only way to deal with a $4.4 million cut in personnel would be to close the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility
When Gov. John Kasich unveils his proposal for two-year state budget it will include the sale of 5 prisons to private companies
The governor has been pursuing a plan designed to make the DOC “smaller, leaner and more efficient,” according to his undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning
The Illinois corrections department is in the midst of the first phase of its new system to track and manage inmates, called Offender 360