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 Office of Management and Budget withdrew its spending freeze just two days after issuing the order
Over a three-year period, corrections staff at the St. Louis Justice Center decreased by 32% while the inmate population rose by 40%, the report states
Administration officials said the decision to halt grants and loans was necessary to ensure that spending complies with President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders
Elected city officials finalized an unusual loan to the Los Angeles Police Department that will reduce the number of police officers used to staff a new jail.
Staff fear the governor may outsource their jobs to private companies to save money
All male inmates are currently being housed in the former gymnasium
Investigation will examine whether prison officials are using cars for personal use and whether they should have cars at all
Spending on inmate healthcare has gone up in the state, but without significantly improving conditions for sick and injured convicts
The contract for the first phase of the $356 million death row complex at San Quentin State Prison until Feb. 9
The department has sought ideas for lowering prison costs, but any attempts at privatizing services will likely generate opposition
Gov. Jerry Brown’s new plan to send thousands of low-risk convicts, and all youth offenders, to county lockups is being hailed by many as an idea whose time has come
Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan is aimed at saving the state money, reducing overcrowded prisons and attempting to better handle juveniles and low-level offenders
Some now say state should scale back $7.4 billion plan
There are now more than three times more seriously mentally ill individuals in jails and prisons in this country than in hospitals
Where we are, where we were, where we are going
Officials hope outsourcing the county jails’ nursing duties to a private agency will save a few million dollars
John Kasich, who beat incumbent Democrat Gov. Ted Strickland last month, said locking up offenders who have committed “relatively minor crimes” in costly state prisons “doesn’t make sense to me.”
Corrections Department says it expects to save $120,000 each year by replacing self-serve cafeteria juice fountains with juice boxes.
Gov.-elect Rick Scott, who takes office Jan. 4, has said that his prison plan does not include closing prisons, changing sentencing laws or releasing prisoners.
Plan to shutter the Preston Youth Correctional Facility in rural Ione Amador County is attempt to close huge budget gap
New transparency rules allow access to judicial-branch spending on personnel. Some statewide data remain incomplete
The number of fraudulent payments to inmates has climbed 37 percent since 2004
Lawmakers blamed for increased spending and offender population increases
Budget moves focus on giving medical parole to inmates who are so disabled they can pose no danger to the public
Court will decide whether a panel of judges can go around politicians to fix messy state prison system
Corrections staff are growing increasingly uncomfortable with the dwindling staff at their facilities
Demands payment the for the care, custody, treatment and rehabilitation provided to him by the department of corrections
The largest factor driving the prison population is the rate of recidivism, which has risen to nearly 50 percent in recent years
If today’s experiment works, officials will call for one lockdown a month through the end of the fiscal year on June 30
State officials plan to cut $1.1 billion from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation this fiscal year, according to a budget report
Over 60 officers were laid off or transferred do to the prison closure and budget cuts
The state ordered the New Mexico Department of Corrections to cut over $8 million, forcing administrators to get creative