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.
Richland County officials hope renovations, corrections officer sign-on bonuses and tighter policies can turn the jail around
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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
After the county failed to pay money owed to the security company, the company ended its contract and let its officers walk out of the Fulton County Jail in the middle of the day
The lawsuit cited mandatory 15-minute roll call meetings and a rounding system that allegedly denied Howard County corrections officers proper pay for all hours worked
The grants allow the state “to invest in programs that improve reentry outcomes and reduce the likelihood that a person will reoffend in the future”
CAMcare will use its federal grant to focus on managing chronic conditions, reducing the risk of drug overdoses and addressing mental health
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Corrections officials said that once the new prison is built, it will employ nearly 800 people at an average salary of more than $46,600
The increase would allow the Orleans Parish sheriff to raise the starting salary for deputies from $18.45 to $20 an hour, which is still less than the national average of $24 an hour
“I can tell you as the sheriff that I think that we cannot afford to not do this and we cannot afford to not do this correctly,” Pennington County Sheriff Brian Mueller said
The decision seeks to provide Lancaster County corrections officers additional rest to compensate them for working in hot, uncomfortable conditions
The Mercer County Jail is 18 corrections officers short; the warden said he has staff members who don’t even show up for work
Corrections administrators said prison jobs were plentiful within a 65-mile radius of Stateville, but many employees already travel long distances to reach work at Stateville
Richmond Lenox EMS states that the state corrections department’s former healthcare provider owes $134,000
In addition to running up the cost to the department, the auditor said the additional OT hours could be “potentially detrimental to the safety of both facility staff and inmates”
“Both facilities are an integral part of New York’s inter-dependent state and local criminal justice system,” NYSSA President, Sheriff Craig DuMond stated
The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the closures of Great Meadow Correctional and Sullivan Correctional are primarily due to staffing challenges
The closure process for Great Meadow Correctional and Sullivan Correctional begins immediately with both facilities officially closing by November 6
New York DOCCS determined it could safely close Great Meadow and Sullivan correctional facilities as both prisons are operating with incarcerated populations below capacity
USP Canaan is staffed at 95% while Allenwood’s staffing level is at 71% which impacts the safety of its COs and requires many to work double shifts, the union said
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Several sheriffs directly referenced low staffing as a driving reason for the end of work release
“We have recruitment and retention incentives across the country. We have direct hire authority. The bottom line [...] we need to pay them more,” the BOP director said
The state’s union president said that in previous rounds of closures, many corrections officers have chosen to retire or change careers rather than uproot their families
An audit request suggested it costs California up to three times more for contracted medical staff compared to using state employees
The study analyzed data on the number of COs and the number of prisoners in each state to determine the states with the least staffed prisons
