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Mission Statement Operating Budget Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Personnel Cost
2007 Appropriation	$ 893,996,503	$ 62,961,190	$ 635,668,146
2008 Appropriation	$ 961,710,539	$ 64,461,190	$ 673,000,380
2009 Appropriation	$ 1,000,801,763	$ 58,224,963	$ 729,227,903
2010 Appropriation	$ 974,791,129	$ 59,904,963	$ 677,142,939
2011 Base Budget	$ 974,791,129	$ 59,904,963	$ 677,142,939
2011 Addenda	$ (42,056,966)	$ 17,097,988	$ (35,951,259)
2011 Total	$ 932,734,163	$ 77,002,951	$ 641,191,680
2012 Base Budget	$ 974,791,129	$ 59,904,963	$ 677,142,939
2012 Addenda	$ (43,709,364)	$ 17,097,988	$ (36,562,263)
2012 Total	$ 931,081,765	$ 77,002,951	$ 640,580,676

Authorized Position Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Total Positions
2007 Appropriation	13,487.00	252.50	13,739.50
2008 Appropriation	13,507.00	252.50	13,759.50
2009 Appropriation	12,721.50	217.50	12,939.00
2010 Appropriation	12,721.50	217.50	12,939.00
2011 Base Budget	12,721.50	217.50	12,939.00
2011 Addenda	(570.00)	0.00	(570.00)
2011 Total	12,151.50	217.50	12,369.00
2012 Base Budget	12,721.50	217.50	12,939.00
2012 Addenda	(570.00)	0.00	(570.00)
2012 Total	12,151.50	217.50	12,369.00

• Distribute Central Appropriations amounts to agency budgets
  Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the cost of items such as changes in retirement and other benefit contribution rates, as well as the distribution of other centrally funded items.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		($17,367,279)		($17,367,279)

• Increase appropriation for correctional enterprises
  Increases the appropriation for correctional enterprises to meet expected expenditure levels.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  Nongeneral Fund		$6,000,000		$6,000,000

• Increase appropriation of corrections construction unit
  Increases the appropriation for the corrections construction unit to meet expected expenditure levels. This unit uses inmates on many small construction projects, both within the Department of Corrections and in other agencies.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  Nongeneral Fund		$1,100,000		$1,100,000

• Delete unfunded positions
  Deletes unfunded and vacant positions that have resulted from a variety of actions, including privatization of food services and medical services at several correctional facilities.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  Authorized Positions		(120.50)		(120.50)

• Distribute amounts for real estate fees to agency budgets
  Transfers amounts for fees charged to agencies for central lease administration from the Department of General Services to agency budgets.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		$259,101		$259,101

• Increase appropriation for federal grant
  Provides an appropriation for a federal grant that the agency will receive to implement evidence-based substance abuse treatment programs.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  Nongeneral Fund		$200,000		$200,000

• Increase funding for inmate medical costs
  Increases funding for the provision of medical care for inmates to account for rising costs.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		$4,668,846		$4,668,846

• Replace out-of-state inmate revenue
  Replaces nongeneral fund revenue from the housing of out-of-state inmates with general fund appropriation. Two years ago, the agency's general fund appropriation was reduced in anticipation of it receiving the revenue from out-of-state inmates. Wyoming, the state with which the Commonwealth contracted, has ended the contract and returned the inmates to Wyoming prisons.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		$8,700,000		$8,700,000

• Close Botetourt Correctional Center
  Closes Botetourt Correctional Center in Botetourt County.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		($2,387,991)		($2,546,339)
  Authorized Positions		(121.00)		(121.00)

• Close Brunswick Correctional Center
  Closes Brunswick Correctional Center in the town of Lawrenceville in Brunswick County.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		($19,895,069)		($20,347,725)
  Revenue/Transfers		$20,000,000		$0
  Authorized Positions		(328.50)		(328.50)

• Capture information system development balances
  Captures balance from prior funding no longer needed for development of information technology system. The agency was provided funding in previous years to develop an integrated inmate information system. The development and implementation of that system will be completed early in FY 2011.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		($4,642,100)		($5,629,393)
  Nongeneral Fund		($400,000)		($400,000)

• Eliminate payment in lieu of taxes for prisons
  Eliminates funding for payments to localities in lieu of taxes for prisons. Language added to the budget bill exempts the Department of Corrections from the statutory provision requiring state agencies from making payments in lieu of taxes.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		($1,429,575)		($1,429,575)

• House additional out-of-state inmates
  Adjusts funding levels to account for costs and revenue resulting from housing 1,000 additional out-of-state inmates. The nongeneral fund appropriation is the addition to the existing base appropriation for out-of-state inmate revenue that will be needed. The reduction in general fund appropriation is the amount of the agency's general fund appropriation that will be replaced with revenue from housing these out-of-state inmates.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		($9,867,000)		($9,867,000)
  Nongeneral Fund		$10,047,988		$10,047,988

• Capture savings from increased efficiency in use of pharmaceuticals
  Captures savings that will be realized by the agency prescribing a less expensive generic medication for inmates with psychiatric problems.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		($150,000)		($150,000)

• Fund additional prison costs resulting from legislation
  Provides the "Woodrum" appropriation for legislation proposed by the Governor. The legislation would increase the penalty for anyone convicted of assaulting an Alcoholic Beverage Control law enforcement officer. State law requires that any legislation that would result in an increase in prison population over the succeeding six years from its enactment be accompanied by an appropriation that would cover the increased operating costs in one year resulting from those additional inmates. (This is often referred to as the "Woodrum amendment".)

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  General Fund		$54,101		$0

• Provide funding for training for evidence-based practices
  Provides funding to support training of probation and parole officers in the implementation of evidence-based practices in the supervision of offenders.

  		FY 2011		FY 2012
  Nongeneral Fund		$150,000		$150,000

• Tie jail construction funding into regular budget development process
  Requires jail construction and renovation projects that have been approved by the Board of Corrections to be submitted to the Department of Planning and Budget for inclusion in the regular budget development process.

• Change the scope of the dairy and dairy processing center capital project
  Changes the scope of the existing capital project to build a new dairy barn and milking parlor to include the renovation of the existing dairy facility.