COBI 2015 - Corrections Programs and Operations

Overview
Issues
Performance
Background
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The main line item of the Department of Corrections is the Programs and Operations line item. More than 50 percent of the Department budget is contained within this line item. This line item accounts for most operations including Administration, Draper and Gunnison prisons, Adult Probation and Parole, Programming and others.

Funding History

Funding Issues

New Gunnison Pod Operations

Funding would allow for staff to operate the projected finsished pod at the Gunnison.

New Gunnison Pod Operations Delay

A new pod for the Gunnison prison was funded during the 2014 General Session. However, no funding was provided for staff to operation the facility when the pod construction is finished presumably in 2017. This specifc amount reflects the delay start time in FY 2016.

Related Publications

Justice Reinvestment Initiative Funding and Performance Goals

Summary of EOCJ November Meeting

Pew Final Key Findings

Summary of August 2014 EOCJ Subcommitte Meeting

Pew Findings - Utah Prison Cost Drivers

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $224,478,800 from all sources for Corrections Programs and Operations. This is a 3.8 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $218,356,600 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 9.1 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Capital Projects Fund$0$1,954,300

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$1,954,300Capital Projects Fund

No Description

Correctional Staff Compensation$2,151,000$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$2,151,000$0General Fund

This increase reflects a 1.2% increase for correctional officers and staff. The Department of Corrections reports that this will aid in competetive compensation compared to county correctional officer compensation.

Corrections Salary Adjustment$145,000$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$145,000$0General Fund

No Description

Gunnison Prison Operation Costs (minus $4.9 M 1x)$8,000,000 ($4,900,000)

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$8,000,000$0General Fund

$0 ($4,900,000)General Fund, One-time

This funding reflects the costs for additional staff to operate the new pod at Gunnison projected in FY 2016.

Justice Reinvestment Initiative$4,990,900$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$4,990,900$0General Fund

Over the past 18 months, leaders in state government collaborated with the Pew Charitable Trusts Public Safety Performance Project and the U.S. Department of Justice to examine and find solutions to Utah's recidivism rate and growing prison population. The Justice Reinvestment Initiative is the broad project to begin implementation of key recommendations from the study. Funding is provided for the Department of Corrections, Board of Pardons and Parole, Governor's Office (Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice); additional funding is provided for the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

Realize 14.5% from Audits ($627,900)$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

($627,900)$0General Fund

No Description

Replace Cut Funding w/ General Fund$482,900$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$482,900$0General Fund

No Description

The Department of Corrections submitted the following performance data for review. Program and Ops performance

The following are performance measures tracked within this organization.

Inmate Placement

Statute

Authority for this line item is included in UCA 64-13, including the maintenance and operation of secure facilities for offenders.

During the 2002 General Session, the Legislature authorized the consolidation of the Divisions of Administration, Institutional Operations and Adult Probation and Parole into one line item.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 15

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that the appropriations for the Utah Department of Corrections - Programs and Operations in item 27 of chapter 14, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

HB0003: Item 15

The Legislature intends that, if the Department of Corrections is able to reallocate resources internally to fund additional Adult Probation and Parole agents, for every two agents hired, the Legislature grants authority to purchase one vehicle with Department funds.

SB0002: Item 13

The Legislature intends that, if the Department of Corrections is able to reallocate resources internally to fund additional Adult Probation and Parole agents, for every two agents hired, the Legislature grants authority to purchase one vehicle with Department funds.

SB0002: Item 13

The Legislature grants authority to the Department of Corrections to purchase up to 22 vehicles for new staff to implement the Justice Reinvestment Initiative.

SB0003: Item 1

Notwithstanding intent language in Item 150, House Bill 3, 2015 General Session, the Legislature intends that the Division of Facilities Construction and Management (DFCM) transfer $960,700 from the Capital Projects Fund to the Department of Corrections (UDC) to be used in the following manner: (1) $190,700 for equipment and furnishings for the new 192 bed Gunnison pod, and (2) $770,000 for the purchase of vehicles. This funding comes from surplus money that was transferred from UDC to DFCM in previous years for the retrofit of the Fortitude Parole Violator Center.

SB0003: Item 1

The Legislature intends that the Division of Facilities and Construction Management transfer $993,600 from the Capital Projects Fund to the Department of Corrections - Programs and Operations to be held by the Department of Corrections until such time as needed to help purchase a new prison site. This funding comes from surplus money that was transferred from Corrections to DFCM in previous years for the retrofit of the Fortitude Parole Violator Center.

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Programs	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Department Executive Director	8,419,900	8,550,700	5,410,700	5,744,400	6,014,400	4,864,400	10,878,800	(5,393,600)	5,485,200
Department Administrative Services	10,628,800	10,417,400	10,470,800	11,973,300	11,265,800	14,440,100	25,705,900	(1,904,600)	23,801,300
Department Training	1,321,100	1,278,900	1,312,400	1,544,900	1,616,600	0	1,616,600	95,600	1,712,200
Adult Probation and Parole Administratio	680,100	714,700	765,300	757,600	1,505,100	(140,800)	1,364,300	30,400	1,394,700
Adult Probation and Parole Programs	43,982,200	44,999,500	47,384,900	52,642,400	54,048,800	4,013,400	58,062,200	5,309,900	63,372,100
Adult Probation and Parole Community Cor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Institutional Operations Administration	2,119,000	1,822,500	2,049,400	3,513,700	2,375,900	675,700	3,051,600	(945,600)	2,106,000
Institutional Operations Draper Facility	67,927,900	69,410,100	70,864,400	72,419,700	73,317,000	(8,221,300)	65,095,700	4,747,500	69,843,200
Institutional Operations Central Utah/Gu	31,418,800	30,958,600	32,205,000	33,362,500	34,187,700	(4,322,300)	29,865,400	4,805,400	34,670,800
Institutional Operations Southern Utah/I	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Institutional Operations Promontory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Institutional Operations Privatized Faci	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Institutional Operations Inmate Placemen	2,026,400	2,172,200	2,280,600	2,530,200	2,752,200	(6,400)	2,745,800	93,900	2,839,700
Institutional Operations Transition	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Institutional Operations Programming	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Institutional Operations Support Service	4,013,900	4,068,700	4,314,000	4,288,600	4,562,400	(81,000)	4,481,400	212,600	4,694,000
Institutional Operations Inmate Services	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Institutional Operations Jail Contractin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Programming Administration	485,400	518,500	532,600	547,400	563,600	(184,200)	379,400	14,500	393,900
Programming Treatment	3,816,000	4,539,600	6,365,000	7,565,000	9,240,800	(3,709,300)	5,531,500	1,235,200	6,766,700
Programming Skill Enhancement	5,765,800	5,934,500	5,294,600	5,345,500	5,195,100	180,000	5,375,100	80,200	5,455,300
Programming Education	1,104,600	1,155,000	1,128,600	1,245,100	1,932,700	210,400	2,143,100	(199,400)	1,943,700
Total	$183,709,900	$186,540,900	$190,378,300	$203,480,300	$208,578,100	$7,718,700	$216,296,800	$8,182,000	$224,478,800

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.