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 plans to close SCI-Rockview and Quehanna Boot Camp; every staff member at the two prisons would be “guaranteed an offer of a job” at their current pay elsewhere
Under Col. Scott Colvin’s leadership, the Fayette County Detention Center now has just eight vacancies and leads the nation in American Jail Association-certified COs
With only 33 county jails in New York accredited, officials praised the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office for its commitment to excellence
State police accuse the warden and spouse of stealing nearly $133K
Finance officials ordered state agencies to reduce their budgets by 3 percent in January
The state faces shortfalls of $220M this year and nearly $900M next year
The county is currently in negotiations with labor units and bargaining units
That’s just part of the projected fallout from a 9 percent budget cut over the next two years
Correctional officers would start paying toward their eventual benefits under the proposed contract
A prison captain said most of the cameras are working at this time
With crime at historic lows, leaders have rolled out a series of proposals aimed at unclogging courts and jails
Lawmakers approved a GOP-spending plan with $1.9B for prisons
The county’s total health care costs for the jail were $1.65 million in 2011 and $1.07 million in 2012
Is the safety of a facility jeopardized when you cut staff strictly on budget concerns?
The new three men’s prisons would house at least 3K inmates each
The state has already provided $2.2B to build jails since 2007
The plan could result in the Limestone County site becoming the new home for a larger regional prison
The state’s prisons are already battling overcrowding issues
He asked for $374M in funding
They projected billions of dollars in reduced prison spending starting in 2012 to trim inmate population
Such payouts are now capped at $5K for year spent behind bars
The DOC said it’s a result of low prison population
The price tag for housing, feeding and caring for a prisoner has climbed to almost $64K annually
Unemployment is down and wages are up in Kansas — except for corrections officers
New proposal would save the state $156M in mental health, prisoner health, and indigent care costs
The blueprint recommends how to spend nearly $6.2B in state money
The researchers surveyed staff and inmates at 14 of Florida’s prisons and administrative headquarters over three months
The law had reduced the ranks of the incarcerated by 13,000 and is estimated to save the state about $150 million this year
Tax dollars were used to conduct a survey of inmates’ food preferences, resulting in the removal of pork products
Two full-time workers help the former inmates with issues related to jobs, education, Social Security, mental health, food stamps, utilities, transportation and housing
A defunct Las Vegas company that used prison inmates as employees in its steel business still owes the Nevada Department of Corrections $428,000, but the chances of collecting are slim to none
Currently there is no precise figure for the amount the jails might need
The Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 ordered the state’s Department of Corrections to start a program dubbed “Risk, Assets and Needs Assessment” (RANA), which was to be implemented statewide by 2013