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89000001 - Department of Correction Facility Operations
Data Current as of:  10/17/2014





Account Description FY2014
Spending
FY2015
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8900-0001 Department of Correction Facility Operations
For the operation of the department of correction; provided, that all correctional facilities that were active in fiscal year 2014 shall remain open in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the commissioner of correction and the secretary of public safety and homeland 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, 2015, 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 for the purposes of maximizing 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 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, 2014, 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 the fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2014 total costs per inmate by facility and security level on or before October 1, 2014; 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, 2014; 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 $100,000 shall be expended for the Dismas House in Worcester; 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 no less than $50,000 shall be expended to continue the opiate abuse pilot programs in cooperation with the Greater Lowell Health Alliance in item 8900-0001 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013; provided further, that not less than $68,000 shall be expended for Dispute Resolution Services, Inc., in the city of Springfield to provide: (a) community mediation services to ex-offenders as an outlet for conflict resolution once those persons return to the community; (b) general community mediation services to the residents of Hampden county to prevent everyday conflict escalation that would require police, court and potentially department of correction intervention and involvement; and (c) additional services which shall include training for correctional officers and other staff members as requested in mediation and conflict resolution techniques to effectively address daily conflicts; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $2,200,000 for municipalities hosting department of correction facilities; provided further, that of that $2,200,000, no municipality hosting a department of correction facility shall receive more than $800,000; provided further, that of the $2,200,000, no municipality 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 of the remaining amount, 100 per cent shall be distributed to each host municipality by dividing said remaining amount by the average daily prisoner population at all department of correction facilities, multiplied by the average daily prisoner population located within each host municipality

554,150,791 561,699,788

Veto Explanation:   I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.