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89000001 - Department of Correction Facility Operations
Data Current as of:  7/11/2011



Account Description FY2011
Spending		 FY2012
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8900-0001 Department of Correction Facility Operations
For the operation of the commonwealth's department of correction; provided, that before closing any correctional facility, the commissioner of correction and the secretary of public safety and security shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security on the per-inmate cost of incarceration in the closing facility, and the per-inmate cost in the facilities to which inmates will be moved; provided further, the commissioner of correction and the secretary of public safety and security shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and public safety and homeland security before January 1 of each year the point score compiled by the department of correction's objective classification system for all prisoners confined in each prison operated by the department; provided further, that the amount allocated for programs for incarcerated mothers in item 8900-0001 of section 2 of chapter 131 of the acts of 2010 shall be allocated to the program in fiscal year 2012; provided further, that the amount allocated to the municipality housing MCI-Cedar Junction shall be not less than the amount allocated in 8900-0001 of section 2 of Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2007 relative to MCI-Cedar Junction; provided further, that for the purpose of maximizing bed capacity and re-entry capability throughout the commonwealth, the department shall submit reports, utilizing standardized reporting definitions developed mutually with the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, on caseload, admissions, classification, releases, and recidivism of all pretrial, sentenced, and federal inmates; provided further, that the department shall submit these reports on a quarterly basis starting July 1, 2011, due no later than 30 days after the last day of each quarter; provided further, that the department may expend $25,000 on a program for ex-offenders and chronically homeless men to recover from drug and alcohol addiction while learning farm skills; provided further, that the department shall also report, in a format developed jointly by the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association and the department, on the fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 total costs per inmate by facility and security level no later than August 1, 2011; provided further, that the department shall submit all reports directly to the executive office for administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public safety; and provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $500,000 for cities and towns hosting facilities, prior appropriation continued
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