| Account | Description | FY2015 Spending |
FY2016 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8900-0001 | Department of Correction Facility Operations For the operation of the department of correction; provided, that 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 or before January 1, 2016, 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 correctional facilities that were active in fiscal year 2015 shall remain open in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that the department may repurpose facilities as necessary in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that to maximize bed capacity and re-entry capability throughout the commonwealth, the department shall submit quarterly reports, utilizing standardized reporting definitions developed mutually with the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., on caseload, admissions, classification, releases and recidivism of all pre-trial, sentenced and federal inmates; provided further, that the department shall submit these reports on a quarterly basis starting July 1, 2015, due not later than 30 days after the last day of the quarter; provided further, that the department shall also report, in a format developed jointly by the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, and the department, on fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 total costs per inmate by facility and security level on or before October 1, 2015; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Dismas House in Worcester; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the SMOC Women in Transition Program for female ex-offenders; 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 programs in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the department shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015; provided further, that the department shall submit all reports to the executive office for administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $2,200,000 for cities and towns hosting department of correction facilities; provided further, that of the $2,200,000 for cities and towns, no city or town hosting a department of correction facility shall receive more than $800,000; provided further, that of the $2,200,000 for cities and towns, no city or town hosting a department of correction facility shall receive less than the amount allocated in item 8900-0001 of section 2 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011; and provided further, that not less than $68,000 shall be expended for Dispute Resolution Services, Incorporated in the city of Springfield |
566,536,502 | 570,151,603 |