NCJ Number
153115
Journal
Corrections Compendium Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1995) Pages: 5-16
Date Published
1995
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This survey outlines the corrections budgets of 47 States and 10 Canadian provinces, highlighting allocations for operational and construction costs; adult and juvenile institutions; and line items including custody and security, treatment programs, inmate health care, and physical plant maintenance and repair.
Abstract
Of the U.S. respondents to this survey, 44 report budget increases for this fiscal year, one State corrections budget remains the same, and two report budget decreases. The average budget increase since fiscal year 1993-1994 was 113 percent. Among those States with budget increases, at least 20 plan to build one or more new facilities, including restitution centers and boot camps during this fiscal year. Thirty-three systems plan to hire new staff members during the year. Many States have incorporated new programs into their 1994-1995 programs, most often in the areas of rehabilitation and prevention, and community corrections programming for juvenile offenders. The California Department of Corrections has developed a 3-year domestic violence intervention pilot program, and Kentucky is building a nursing home at a State prison to house terminally ill, as well as elderly, inmates. Almost all the U.S. and Canadian systems represented in this survey include programs in their budgets that can be considered alternatives to incarceration, including boot camps, halfway houses, intensive supervision, electronic monitoring, substance abuse programs, drug treatment, and supervised community confinement. 2 tables