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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
8900-0001	Department of Correction Facility Operations For the operation of the commonwealth's department of correction; provided, that the department shall expend not less than $1,010,500 to cities and towns hosting facilities; provided further, that one-half of the number of inmates incarcerated at Souza Baranowski correctional center shall be deemed to be incarcerated within a correctional facility in the town of Shirley and one-half shall be deemed to be incarcerated within a correctional facility in the town of Lancaster; provided further, that before closing any correctional facility, the commissioner of corrections and the secretary of public safety shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and public safety 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 corrections and the secretary of public safety shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and public safety 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 not less than $80,000 shall be provided for the Dismas House in Worcester; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $750,000 to the municipality hosting the facility at Cedar Junction; provided further, that in an effort to monitor and reduce current levels of over-classification, the department of correction shall provide quarterly reports to the joint committee on public safety and the house and senate committees on ways and means with data on the number of prisoners at each security level; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be provided for the Aid to Incarcerated Mothers organization; provided further, that the department may expend funds appropriated in this item for the administration of budgetary, procurement, fiscal, human resources, payroll and other administrative services of the parole board and the sex offender registry board; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the Black Men of Greater Springfield, Inc. so-called, in Springfield to act as the lead agency for programs to reduce incarcerations, recidivism, gang-violence, and promote good citizenship; and provided further, that $192,000 shall be expended for the community that hosts the Bay State Correctional Center	452,347,512	474,260,601

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	288,225	288,124	290,769	290,841	295,717
Pensions & Benefits	21,503	22,061	20,564	20,469	20,464
Operating Expenses	56,546	60,339	77,745	75,055	77,857
Public Assistance	59,322	60,053	63,823	69,280	80,022
Aid to Cities & Towns	1,497	1,784	1,811	3,325	200
TOTAL	427,093	432,360	454,711	458,970	474,261

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
Additional Assistance for Walpole for hosting Cedar Junction	750,000
Aid to Incarcerated Mothers Organization	200,000
Bay State Community Hosting Grant	192,000
Black Men of Greater Springfield Inc.	150,000
Dismas House (post-release facility in Worcester)	80,000
Mitigation Grants for cities and towns hosting correctional facilities (Shirley, Lancaster, Framingham, Norfolk, and Walpole)	1,010,500