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Executive Office of Public Safety
Department of Correction
FY99H1A Budget Recommendations
The Department of Correction (DOC) is
responsible for an average population of 11,000 inmates and the
operation of over 20 correctional facilities. The Department
also has reciprocal arrangements to place at-risk individuals
in county and federal facilities. In Fiscal Year 1999, the Department
will complete the construction of a new 1,025 bed maximum security
facility in Shirley. This facility, along with the 350 beds added
in Fiscal Year 1998, will assist the Department in managing its
increasing population level.
The Cellucci Administration remains
committed to putting more inmates to work. Requiring inmates
to work while incarcerated makes prisons more safe and efficiently
managed, generates revenue for restitution, and reduces recidivism.
In Fiscal Year 1999, DOC will create more inmate jobs by allowing
private industry enhancement of prison work opportunities, enabling
Massachusetts Correctional Industries to function like a business
through the establishment of public-private partnerships. Inmates
who participate in these programs will be required to pay taxes,
compensate the Commonwealth for a portion of their incarceration
cost, and contribute 20% of their earnings to the Victim and Witness
Assistance Fund.
Budget Recommendations
The amount recommended for Fiscal Year
1999 includes $24.77 million for the new maximum security correctional
facility in Shirley.
Budgetary Direct Appropriations
| DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES |
| 8900-0001 |
For the operation of the commonwealth`s correctional facilities
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274,844,497 |
| DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION |
| 8900-0002 |
For the administration of the department of correction
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4,129,720 |
| MITIGATION GRANTS FOR CITIES AND TOWNS THAT HOST STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES |
| 8900-0003 |
For local relief to mitigate the inordinate fiscal demand placed on the local life, health, and safety departments in those cities and towns hosting a state correctional facility; provided, that each such city and town shall receive a percentage of the total funds appropriated herein which shall be equal to the percentage of the total state inmate population incarcerated within a state correctional facility located within such city or town; provided further, that for the purpose of mitigation calculation, all distribution percentages shall be calculated according to the department of correction`s inmate population record as of July 1 of the prior fiscal year
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997,000 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION HEALTH SERVICES |
| 8900-0004 |
For inmate health services
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46,528,029 |
| COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDERS EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES SYSTEM |
| 8900-0007 |
For the expenses of the comprehensive offenders employment resources system
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373,527 |
| DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES |
| 8900-0009 |
For inmate education services
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4,993,901 |
| PRISON INDUSTRIES AND FARM PROGRAM |
| 8900-0010 |
For the operation of prison industries and farm services; provided, that the commissioner of correction shall determine the cost of manufacturing motor vehicle registration plates and certify to the comptroller the amounts to be transferred from the Highway Fund to the General Fund
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2,481,642 |
| CORRECTIONAL RESIDENTIAL SERVICES |
| 8900-0015 |
For correctional residential services
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760,000 |
| FEDERAL PRISON COMPONENT RESIDENTIAL SERVICES PROGRAM |
| 8900-0016 |
For the cost of housing state inmates in federal prisons
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800,000 |
| SHIRLEY MAXIMUM SECURITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATIONS |
| 8900-0025 |
For the operation of the maximum security correctional facility at Shirley; provided, that the department of correction shall report quarterly on all expenses of said facility to the secretary of administration and finance and the chairmen of the house and senate committees on ways and means
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24,769,589 |
Budgetary Retained Revenues
| PRISON INDUSTRIES AND FARM PROGRAM RETAINED REVENUE |
| 8900-0011 |
The department of correction is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $4,160,847 for prison industries and farm programs, from revenues collected from the sale of prison industries and farm products
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4,160,847 |
Intragovernmental Service Spending
| PRISON INDUSTRIES AND FARM PROGRAM INTRAGOVERNMENTAL CHARGEBACK |
| 8900-0021 |
For costs related to the production and distribution of products produced by the prison industries and farm programs, and for costs related to the provision of services provided by inmates
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5,550,000 |
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| Intragovernmental Service Fund |
100% | | |
Trust and Other Spending
| 8900-9000 |
INMATE PROGRAM FUND |
150,000 |
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