3. STAFFING INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH PRISON EXPANSIONS
Governor: The bill provides GPR funding and positions over the 1999-01 biennium associated with the operation of an additional 7,057 beds. Of the total number of beds, 4,502 are related to an increase in the number of contracted beds, 2,255 beds are from previously approved building projects and 300 beds are associated with the proposed inmate work centers. The following table identifies the institution, the total number of additional beds, and the operational and staffing increases provided in the bill. [Each provision is described in greater detail following this summary.]
Additional 1999-00 2000-01
Institution Beds Amount Positions Amount Positions
Existing Contract Beds 0 $25,059,800 0.00 $26,081,700 0.00
Additional Contract Beds 4,502 27,323,700 0.00 73,945,400 0.00
Supermax 500 10,819,600 246.20 12,799,200 246.20
Redgranite 750 802,900 10.00 11,231,600 291.30
New Lisbon1 375 9,400 2.00 775,100 9.00
Probation and Parole Hold/
AODA Facility 2 600 389,000 13.00 13,677,800 273.25
Inmate Work Centers 300 1,304,000 40.00 3,085,800 40.00
Ellsworth Center for Women 30 210,400 5.00 230,500 5.00
Total 7,057 $65,918,800 316.20 $141,827,100 864.75
1 New Lisbon is scheduled to open in the 2001-03 biennium. Funding provided in the bill is initial funding for the facility.
2 The probation and parole hold/AODA facility will have 400 beds for probation and parole holds and 200 beds for AODA treatment services. The probation and parole hold beds will not result in increased prison capacity.
4. CONTRACTS FOR PRISON BEDS
GPR $152,410,600
Governor: Provide $52,383,500 in 1999-00 and $100,027,100 in 2000-01 to fully fund existing contract beds and to purchase additional contract prison beds. Base funding for the contracts appropriation, which is used to support contracts with public and private providers of prison beds and for temporary lockup of offenders from the Division of Community Corrections, is $62,785,900 annually. The recommendation is divided as follows:
a. Full Funding of Existing Contract Prison and Jail Beds. Provide $25,059,800 in 1999-00 and $26,081,700 in 2000-01 to support contracts with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for space in Tennessee and Oklahoma, the federal government for space in West Virginia and Minnesota, Wisconsin and Texas counties for jail space, the Division of Juvenile Corrections’ Prairie du Chien Correctional (PDC) facility and Wisconsin counties for temporary lockup of offenders from the Division of Community Corrections. It should be noted that the funding provided assumes that the cost per day, per inmate charged by CCA ($42 in 1998-99) and Milwaukee County ($58 in 1998-99) will increase by $1 per day during each year of the biennium. As recommended, total funding for existing contract beds would be $87,845,700 in 1999-00 and $88,867,600 in 2000-01, and would support 5,016 contract beds daily (4,586 beds for prison inmates and 430 beds for community corrections offenders). Of these beds, 3,907 beds for prison inmates would be supplied by providers other than Wisconsin state or local governments, including 50 beds at Oxford federal prison.
b. Additional Contract Prison Beds. Provide $27,323,700 in 1999-00 and $73,945,400 in 2000-01 for additional contract prison space for prison inmates. The Governor’s recommendation is estimated to support an additional 1,659 contract beds in 1999-00 and 4,502 contract beds in 2000-01 at an average cost of $45 per day per inmate. No locations for the beds are specified and, as a result, funding could be utilized to support additional instate and/or out-of-state contracts. As of February 26, 1999, Corrections had 4,201 inmates placed in contracted facilities (3,607 in out-of-state facilities and 594 instate).
5. SUPERMAX CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Funding Positions
GPR $23,618,800 246.20
Governor: Provide $10,819,600 in 1999-00 and $12,799,200 in 2000-01 with 246.2 positions annually to operate the new 500-bed Supermax Correctional Institution in Boscobel. Staffing would include 168.7 correctional officers, 4.0 unit managers, 12.0 supervising officers, 3.0 social workers, 1.0 chaplain, 8.0 inmate education-related positions, 4.0 clinical services positions, 27.0 maintenance positions, 8.0 food service positions, 2.0 inmate complaint positions, 2.0 financial services positions, 2.0 records office positions, 1.0 laundry worker, 0.5 barber and 3.0 central office positions. The recommendation includes $887,900 in 1999-00 and $1,586,200 in 2000-01 for a food service contract, and $632,500 in 1999-00 and $1,170,700 in 2000-01 to provide medical services. The facility, currently scheduled to be completed by October, 1999, will have most inmates placed in cells 23 hours per day, with meals, education, psychological services and some medical services provided in the cell. When not in a cell, inmates at the Supermax facility will be in restraints and escorted by two correctional officers. Initial staffing, training costs for 105.8 correctional officers and funding for startup of the institution ($1,964,500 and 35.0 positions) was provided in 1997 Act 237.
6. REDGRANITE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Funding Positions
GPR $12,034,500 291.30
Governor: Provide $802,900 and 10.0 positions in 1999-00 and $11,231,600 and 291.3 positions in 2000-01 to operate the new 750-bed (512 cell), medium-security Redgranite Correctional Institution. The facility is scheduled to open in January, 2001. The recommendation includes 10.0 GPR positions for the initial staffing of the facility in 1999-00 (the warden, personnel, financial services, maintenance and security positions). When fully staffed in 2000-01, the institution would include the following GPR positions: 1.0 warden, 1.0 deputy warden, 1.0 secretary for the warden, 2.0 positions for institutional security (1.0 security director and 1.0 program assistant), 184.3 correctional officers, 4.0 unit managers, 13.0 supervising officers, 11.0 social workers, 1.0 chaplain, 19.0 inmate education and recreation-related positions, 5.0 clinical services positions (including 1.0 psychologist placed in one of the housing units), 1.0 crisis intervention worker, 16.0 maintenance positions, 7.0 food service positions, 2.0 inmate complaint positions, 7.0 financial services positions, 3.0 personnel positions, 4.0 records office positions, 3.0 institutional stores positions, 2.0 institution programs positions and 4.0 central office positions. The recommendation includes $980,400 in 2000-01 for a food service contract and $626,000 in 2000-01 for a medical services contract.
7. NEW LISBON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Funding Positions
GPR $784,500 9.00
Governor: Provide $9,400 and 2.0 positions in 1999-00 and $775,100 and 9.0 positions in 2000-01 for initial staffing at the New Lisbon Correctional Institution. On September 17, 1998, the Building Commission approved the construction of a 375-bed (250-cell) medium-security correctional institution at New Lisbon. The facility will also contain a 50-bed segregation unit. The facility is estimated to be complete by July, 2001. The recommendation provides 1.0 warden and 1.0 secretary for one month in 1999-00, and the following additional positions in 2000-01: 1.0 human resources specialist, 1.0 institutional business director, 2.0 building and maintenance positions, 1.0 institutional security director, 1.0 corrections program supervisor and 1.0 program assistant. Of the funding provided in 2000-01, $406,700 is provided to purchase vehicles for the institution; the remaining costs in both 1999-00 and 2000-01 are associated with personnel costs.
8. PROBATION AND PAROLE HOLD/ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE FACILITY
Funding Positions
GPR $14,066,800 273.25
Governor: Provide $389,000 and 13.0 positions in 1999-00 and $13,677,800 and 273.25 positions in 2000-01 to operate the new 600-bed, medium-security probation and parole hold/alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) facility in Milwaukee. The facility is scheduled to open in January, 2001. The facility will have 400 beds for secured detention of probation and parole offenders and 200 beds for AODA treatment services. In 1999-00, the recommendation would provide the following positions: 1.0 warden, 1.0 deputy warden, 1.0 secretary for the warden, 2.0 personnel positions, 3.0 business office positions, 3.0 maintenance positions, 1.0 food services position and 1.0 management information technician. In 2000-01, when the facility is full staffed, the following additional positions will be included: 2.0 additional administrative positions for the warden, 2.0 positions for institutional security (1.0 security director and 1.0 program assistant), 176.25 correctional officers, 3.0 unit managers, 13.0 supervising officers, 23.0 social workers (20.0 for the AODA program), 5.0 clinical/social services positions (including 3.0 placed in the AODA program), 1.0 crisis intervention worker, 12.0 additional maintenance positions, 5.0 additional food service positions, 1.0 institutional complaint position, 3.0 additional financial services positions, 2.0 additional personnel positions, 6.0 records office positions, 3.0 institutional stores positions, 1.0 library services position and 2.0 central office positions for inmate program review. The recommendation includes contract funding for the following: (a) $1,114,300 in 2000-01 for food service; (b) $626,000 in 2000-01 for medical service; (c) $18,000 in 2000-01 for laundry service; (d) $60,000 in 2000-01 for intake services purchased from Milwaukee County; and (e) $60,000 in 2000-01 for educational services.
9. INMATE WORK CENTERS
Funding Positions
GPR $4,389,800 40.00
Governor: Provide $1,304,000 in 1999-00 and $3,085,800 in 2000-01 and 40.0 positions annually to establish and staff two 150-bed inmate work centers ("inmate work houses") for male inmates. The bill does not provide funding for the construction of the work centers or specify where these centers would be located. Each work center would have the following staff: 1.0 center superintendent, 1.0 social worker, 1.0 program assistant, 1.0 financial specialist, 4.0 food production assistants, 2.0 employment coordinators and 10.0 correctional officers. The recommendation includes $961,500 in 2000-01 for a food service contract. The bill assumes that the work centers will begin operating in July, 2000. According to the Executive Budget Book, the work centers will be secured facilities. Inmates in the facilities would work in market-wage jobs and be expected to reimburse Corrections for the cost of housing and other expenses.
10. ROBERT E. ELLSWORTH CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Funding Positions
GPR $440,900 5.00
Governor: Provide $210,400 in 1999-00 and $230,500 in 2000-01 and 5.0 correctional officer positions annually to staff a 30-bed expansion of the Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center. On September 17, 1998, the Building Commission approved the renovation and construction of 30 additional beds at the Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center for women in Union Grove. The project will renovate an unoccupied area in the existing facility. The project is designed to support an alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) program for women. The executive budget book indicates that funding for AODA programming will be provided by a grant from the Office of Justice Assistance. The project is currently scheduled to be completed in late 1999.
11. INCREASED PHARMACY STAFF
Funding Positions
GPR $526,700 6.00
Governor: Provide $234,600 in 1999-00 and $292,100 in 2000-01 and 6.0 positions (4.0 pharmacists and 2.0 pharmacy technicians) annually for increased staffing at the central pharmacy at the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun. The central pharmacy provides prescription medications for offenders in the adult and juvenile correctional systems.
12. INSTITUTION-BASED SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT
Funding Positions
GPR $394,000 4.50
Governor: Provide $180,800 in 1999-00 and $213,200 in 2000-01 and 4.5 positions annually to expand the current sex offender treatment programs at the Waupun and Columbia Correctional Institutions. Funding would support specialized treatment teams (2.0 treatment specialists and 0.25 psychologist) at the two institutions. The programs would provide intensive group treatment (five, one and a half-hour group treatment sessions per week for a minimum of 45 weeks). In order to successfully complete the program, each offender would be required to complete a minimum of 337 hours of treatment.
13. SEXUALLY VIOLENT PERSON EVALUATION UNIT
Funding Positions
GPR $286,700 2.00
Governor: Provide $139,600 in 1999-00 and $147,100 in 2000-01 and 2.0 positions annually for the sexually violent person (SVP) evaluation unit. Funding would support: (a) 1.5 psychologist positions and 0.5 program assistant position ($98,200 in 1999-00 and $112,000 in 2000-01); (b) leased vehicles for travel ($20,900 in 1999-00 and $28,900 in 2000-01); (c) copying costs ($5,500 in 1999-00 and $6,200 in 2000-01) and (d) $15,000 in 1999-00 for specialized training and certification for SVP evaluation unit staff in evaluation techniques. The unit is responsible for evaluating sexually violent offenders and providing testimony at civil commitment hearings.
In addition, convert 2.0 current positions (1.5 psychologist and 0.5 program assistant) in the SVP evaluation unit from project to permanent status. The current project positions end in October, 1999, but were not removed under the standard budget adjustments as non-continuing items. Total cost of the positions is $71,700 in 1999-00 and $95,600 in 2000-01. This funding is transferred from within the Department’s base budget.
14. MCNAUGHTON CORRECTIONAL CENTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT
GPR $130,500
Governor: Provide $43,500 in 1999-00 and $87,000 in 2000-01 for waste water treatment at the McNaughton Correctional Center in Lake Tomahawk. Funding would be placed in unallotted reserve to fund an agreement between the state and the Lake Tomahawk Sanitary District for connecting the Center to the District. Funding would support: (a) a portion of the debt retirement cost of a treatment facility for the Lake Tomahawk Sanitary District ($37,500 in 1999-00 and $75,000 in 2000-01); and (b) annual waste water treatment costs for the Center ($6,000 in 1999-00 and $12,000 in 2000-01).
15. LITERACY SOFTWARE
PR $275,000
Governor: Provide $275,000 in 1999-00 to purchase literacy software for ten correctional institutions and one correctional center. The software ($25,000 per institution) is designed to improve the reading skills of inmates through the use of individualized training in a computer lab. The software tracks individual inmates progress. Corrections indicates that up to 45 offenders per day, per institution could receive literacy training provided through the software. Funding for the software is provided from telephone commission revenues.
16. DRUG ABUSE CORRECTIONAL CENTER REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
Governor: Transfer $175,700 GPR annually from rent at the Drug Abuse Correctional Center (DACC) to supplies and services for repair and maintenance at the facility. Prior to 1997-98, Corrections rented DACC from the Department of Health and Family Services. In that year, DACC was sold to Corrections. The recommendation transfers funding previously used to pay rent costs to the repair and maintenance appropriation for DACC.
17. LAPSE FROM TELEPHONE REVENUES
Governor: Require that on June 30, 2000, $2,250,000 be lapsed from the Department of Corrections program revenue appropriation for telephone company commissions. Under current law, Corrections collects commissions from telephone companies with contracts to provide telephone services to inmates. Of the total collected as commissions by Corrections (approximately $2.7 million annually), two-thirds is deposited into the general fund and one-third is retained by Corrections in a separate, PR appropriation. Program revenue in the appropriation is required to be used for purchases for inmates. As of January 31, 1999, the appropriation had an unappropriated revenue balance of $2,233,500. [Note: The Department of Administration indicates that this provision should not have been included in the Governor’s bill. The GPR-Rev identified for this item was not included in the Governor’s fund condition statement.]
[Bill Section: 9211(1)]
18. BADGER STATE INDUSTRIES -- INCREASED EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY
Funding Positions
PR $7,783,500 3.00
Governor: Provide $3,571,900 in 1999-00 and $4,211,600 in 2000-01 and 3.0 positions annually for increased expenditure authority for Badger State Industries (BSI) associated with: (a) an additional 3.0 positions (1.0 purchasing agent, 1.0 financial specialist and 1.0 sales and marketing specialist) to address increased workload in Badger State Industries, $117,000 in 1999-00 and $124,000 in 2000-01; (b) increased utilization of limited-term employes, $219,600 annually; (c) on-going equipment replacement, $226,000 annually; (d) increased inmate employment, $77,900 annually; and (e) increased raw materials costs, $2,931,400 in 1999-00 and $3,564,100 in 2000-01. Revenue to support the program is generated from charges to BSI customers for various services and products.
19. BADGER STATE INDUSTRIES -- NEW LICENSE PLATES
Funding Positions
PR $1,853,600 1.00
Governor: Provide $593,500 in 1999-00 and $1,260,100 and 1.0 four-year project position in 2000-01 associated with the costs of issuing new state license plates ("rebasing"). Badger State Industries produces license plates and tags for the Department of Transportation (DOT). The recommendation would provide funding for: (a) production raw materials, $539,000 in 1999-00 and $1,101,600 in 2000-01; (b) inmate wages, $13,500 in 1999-00 and $28,100 in 2000-01; (c) retooling of the production line, $20,000 in 1999-00; (d) staff and officer overtime $18,900 in 1999-00 and $76,800 in 2000-01; (e) 1.0 four-year project industries specialist position, $42,600 in 2000-01; and (f) miscellaneous supplies and maintenance, $2,100 in 1999-00 and $11,000 in 2000-01. Program revenue is provided from charges to DOT. Under 1997 Act 237, DOT was required to issue new license plates between July 1, 2000, and July 1, 2003. The bill extends the rebasing period to July 1, 2005. [See "Department of Transportation -- Motor Vehicles."]
20. BADGER STATE INDUSTRIES -- INCREASED MATERIALS COSTS
PR $755,000
Governor: Provide $360,000 in 1999-00 and $395,000 in 2000-01 for Badger State Industries associated with raw materials for expanded industries. Funding would be provided for: (a) a new wood furniture line, $110,000 in 1999-00 and $145,000 in 2000-01; (b) $160,000 annually for new stainless steel products; and (c) $90,000 annually for the production of pants and segregation uniforms. Revenues to support the program are generated from charges to BSI customers for various services and products.
