3. FEDERAL CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM [LFB Paper 320]
Governor: Deposit $1,900,000 annually received from the federal state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) into the general fund. Under SCAAP, the federal Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance provides assistance to state and local governments for costs incurred for the imprisonment of undocumented criminal aliens who are convicted of felony offenses or two or more misdemeanors. Awards are based on the total number of reimbursable aliens, the average length of incarceration and the cost per inmate. No restrictions are placed on a state's use of the funds that are received.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Reestimate the deposit to the general fund from SCAAP to $2,399,600 annually (an increase of $499,600 annually).
4. RENT
GPR $1,420,200
PR 312,000
Total $1,732,200
Governor/Legislature: Provide $710,100 GPR and $156,000 PR annually for rental costs on a departmentwide basis, as follows: (a) Division of Management Services, -$62,800 GPR and -$10,900 PR; (b) Division of Adult Institutions, -$59,400 PR; (c) Division of Program Planning and Movement, $5,400 GPR and $1,900 PR; (d) Division of Community Corrections, $774,800 GPR and $16,800 PR; (e) Division of Juvenile Corrections, $4,400 GPR and $207,600 PR; and (f) Parole Commission, -$11,700 GPR.
5. FULL FUNDING OF NON-SALARY COSTS
GPR $1,256,200
PR 77,000
Total $1,333,200
Governor/Legislature: Provide $628,100 GPR and $38,500 PR annually to annualize non-salary costs, including rent, supplies and services, and internal services charges associated with positions created for only a portion of a year in 1997 Acts 27 and 284. Annual funding would be provided as follows: (a) $25,300 GPR for the Division of Management Services; (b) $25,300 GPR for the Division of Adult Institutions; (c) $317,000 GPR for the Division of Program Planning and Movement; (d) $260,500 GPR for the Division of Community Corrections; and (e) $38,500 PR for the Division of Juvenile Corrections.
6. PROGRAM REVENUE REESTIMATES
PR $2,065,000
Governor/Legislature: Provide $1,005,500 in 1999-00 and $1,059,500 in 2000-01 associated with the following program revenue appropriation reestimates: (a) $505,900 in 1999-00 and $559,900 annually for the telephone commission revenues appropriation for the purchase of educational, religious and library supplies at the state prisons and correctional centers; (b) -$100,000 annually from revenues of third party liability of medical claims which are not provided to the Department, but rather the medical service providers; (c) $100,000 annually for inmate room and board charges at the correctional centers; (d) -$23,300 annually for electronic monitoring fees from offenders in the community residential confinement program to reduce the appropriation to $0 to correspond with estimated revenue (the program is not operational); (e) $507,800 annually for increased activity associated with correctional institution enterprises; (f) -$3,000 annually to decrease the sales of lands appropriation to $0 to correspond with estimated revenue; (g) -$1,300 annually for state-owned housing maintenance; and (h) $19,400 annually for activity therapy at the Southern Oaks Girls School.
7. BASE FUNDING CORRECTIONS
GPR $28,600
Governor/Legislature: Provide $14,300 annually to correct an error in the Department’s base budget. As the result of data entry errors, Corrections' general program operations appropriation base budget for local assistance is -$14,300. The Governor’s recommendation would adjust this funding to $0. In addition: (a) transfer $73,900 GPR and 13.0 GPR positions annually from the appropriation for operations of community corrections to the Department's general program operations appropriation to correctly align funding and positions as the result of a 1996 reorganization of the Department; (b) move $1,600 GPR annually for supplies and services to variable non-food associated with an error that occurred when the Office of Education was created; and (c) move $34,900 GPR annually from unallotted reserve to supplies and services associated with inmate supplies and services.
8. ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE FUNDING [LFB Paper 321]
Governor: Provide $1,000,000 annually for alcohol and drug abuse (AODA) programs in Corrections. Direct the Secretary of DOA to allocate $1,000,000 annually from federal anti-drug law enforcement funds and matching penalty assessment monies received by the Office of Justice Assistance to the Department of Corrections to fund AODA programs. The bill does not specify how the funding would be utilized, but does place the funding in Corrections’ Office of Offender Programming.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Specify that funding be provided as follows: (a) $656,600 in 1999-00 and $581,000 in 2000-01 for the purchase of AODA-related services and/or treatment in Milwaukee; and (b) $343,400 in 1999-00 and $419,000 in 2000-01 and 5.25 four-year project positions annually for a 30-bed residential AODA program for individuals convicted of operating while intoxicated five or more times.
[Act 9 Section: 9101(12)]
9. OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
Governor: Provide $153,200 in 1999-00 and $171,400 in 2000-01 and 3.0 positions to create an Office of Victim Services and Programs. Transfer $50,800 and 1.0 position, currently in the Parole Commission, to the Office of Victim Services. Total funding for the Office would be $202,000 in 1999-00 and $220,200 in 2000-01 and 4.0 positions annually. The Office would provide information and services to victims of crimes and their families related to issues such as new laws, new correctional programs, victim notification, community education and restitution. Create an annual, program revenue appropriation to support the Office, funded from federal crime victim assistance funds transferred from the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Reduce funding by $49,100 in 1999-00 to start the positions on February 1, 2000. In addition, modify the funding source for the additional 3.0 positions from federal crime victim assistance funds transferred from DOJ to penalty assessment revenues.
[Act 9 Sections: 361d and 542]
10. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY STAFF [LFB Paper 322]
Governor: Provide $113,000 in 1999-00 and $140,000 in 2000-01 and 2.0 positions for sex offender registry program staff. Funding would support: (a) an additional 2.0 corrections program specialists to track, verify and ensure compliance with sex offender registration requirements ($93,300 in 1999-00 and $103,100 in 2000-01); (b) five vehicles for travel by the corrections specialists ($14,200 in 1999-00 and $31,600 in 2000-01); (c) five pagers ($200 in 1999-00 and $500 in 2000-01); and (d) computer equipment for staff ($5,300 in 1999-00 and $4,800 in 2000-01).
Joint Finance/Legislature: Reduce funding by $4,700 in 1999-00 and provide $112,400 and 2.0 positions in 2000-01 for sex offender registry staff. In total, sex offender registry staff would be increased by $108,300 and 2.0 positions in 1999-00 and $252,400 and 4.0 positions in 2000-01.
11. DATABASE IMPROVEMENTS [LFB Paper 192]
Governor: Provide $1,472,900 PR in 1999-00 and $2,181,600 PR in 2000-01 and 4.0 PR positions annually for database improvements. Funding would be used to modify the State of North Carolina’s offender population system for application in Wisconsin. The improved database would combine prison and probation and parole databases, provide for increased continuity in departmental data, provide for increased information sharing between justice agencies and automate certain correctional processes. Total funding would be divided as follows: (a) $221,400 in 1999-00 and $252,300 in 2000-01 to support 1.0 information systems development specialist, 2.0 senior information systems programmer analyst and 1.0 information systems data architect; and (b) $1,251,500 in 1999-00 and $1,929,300 in 2000-01 for contractor costs. Penalty assessment revenues would support: (a) staffing costs of $221,400 in 1999-00 and $252,300 in 2000-01; and (b) contractor costs of $718,200 in 1999-00 and $729,300 in 2000-01. Revenues for the remaining contractor costs of $533,300 in 1999-00 and $1,200,000 in 2000-01 would be provided from federal anti-drug funds and state penalty assessment match monies received by the Office of Justice Assistance. Direct the Secretary of DOA to allocate $533,300 in 1999-00 and $1,200,000 in 2000-01 from federal and state anti-drug funds received by the Office of Justice to the Department of Corrections to fund information technology.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Delete penalty assessment funding and positions and instead provide $939,600 GPR and $533,300 PR in 1999-00 and $981,600 GPR and $1,200,000 PR in 2000-01 and 4.0 GPR positions for database improvements. Program revenue would be provided from federal Byrne anti-drug monies received from the Office of Justice Assistance.
[Act 9 Section: 9101(13)]
12. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS COSTS [LFB Paper 192]
Governor: Provide $795,600 PR annually to support the continued costs of data transmission lines for information technology activities in the Department. The Department currently has 78 high-speed data lines. The current line charges are being supported by a federal grant, which will expire in 1998-99, and through base resources. This item would provide funding for all current data lines for Corrections. Funding would be provided from penalty assessment revenues.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Delete funding provided from penalty assessment revenues and instead provide GPR funding for information technology operations costs.
13. INCREASED CENTRAL RECORDS STAFF [LFB Paper 192]
Governor: Provide $96,500 PR in 1999-00 and $96,800 PR in 2000-01 and 3.0 PR positions annually for increased central records staff to process records associated with probation admissions, sentences to prison, releases from prison, mandatory releases and discharges from supervision. Funding for the positions would be provided from penalty assessment revenues.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Delete funding and positions provided from penalty assessment revenues and instead provide GPR funding and positions for increased central records staff.
14. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY INFORMATION SYSTEM [LFB Paper 192]
Governor: Provide $107,600 PR in 1999-00 and $55,900 PR in 2000-01 and 1.0 PR information systems applications programmer position annually for programming, development and maintenance of the sex offender registry. Under current law, all felony sex offenders are required to register with Corrections for 15 years after being released from supervision and certain information is passed on to law enforcement and the public. Of the funding provided, $57,500 in one-time funding is provided in 1999-00 for 90 digital cameras to provide photographic identification of individuals listed on the registry. Funding for the sex offender registry programmer and digital cameras would be provided from penalty assessment revenues.
Joint Finance: Delete funding and position provided from penalty assessment revenues and instead provide GPR funding and position for the sex offender registry information system.
Assembly/Legislature: Delete $3,200 GPR in 1999-00 to reduce the number of digital cameras to be purchased for the sex offender registry information system from 90 to 85.
15. ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION CARD SYSTEM [LFB Paper 192]
Governor: Provide $60,700 PR in 1999-00 and $70,100 PR in 2000-01 and 1.0 PR network specialist position to provide staff support for an identification card system currently being installed at seven departmental locations. The system is designed to match digitized facial features against a database to identify staff, inmates, offenders and visitors at state prisons, correctional centers, probation and parole offices and the juvenile facilities. Funding for the position would be provided from penalty assessment revenues.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Delete funding and position provided from penalty assessment revenues and instead provide GPR funding and position for the electronic identification card system.
16. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STAFFING
Positions
GPR 14.00
Governor/Legislature: Provide 14.0 positions for increased information technology staffing in the Department’s Bureau of Technology Management. Reduce supplies and services funding for contract IT staff by $816,900 in 1999-00 and $886,400 in 2000-01 to fund the increased positions. Increased staffing would be provided for the following information technology activities: (a) statewide information technology data archiving and maintenance of archiving software and hardware ($60,700 in 1999-00 and $70,100 in 2000-01 and 1.0 position annually); (b) statewide email system maintenance and support ($121,200 in 1999-00 and $140,300 in 2000-01 and 2.0 positions annually); (c) forms management and electronic forms development ($39,300 in 1999-00 and $62,600 in 2000-01 and 1.0 position annually); (d) statewide information technology help desk to assist staff with computer problems ($250,300 in 1999-00 and $280,200 in 2000-01 and 5.0 positions annually); (e) statewide network security ($50,100 in 1999-00 and $55,900 in 2000-01 and 1.0 position, and $55,000 in 1999-00 on a one-time basis for security software); (f) statewide information technology network administration, maintenance and field support ($140,100 in 1999-00 and $165,500 in 2000-01 and 2.0 positions annually); (g) programming and maintenance for the Division of Community Corrections’ offender tracking system ($50,100 in 1999-00 and $55,900 in 2000-01 and 1.0 position annually); and (h) voice communications and technology support ($50,100 in 1999-00 and $55,900 in 2000-01 and 1.0 position annually).
17. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATION [LFB Paper 192]
Governor: Create an annual appropriation for maintaining, developing and operating information systems funded from penalty assessment revenues. Under the bill, penalty assessment revenues would be deposited to a newly-created appropriation under the Office of Justice Assistance for penalty assessment surcharge receipts. The bill requires that the amounts specified in the information technology appropriation ($2,000,000 PR annually) would then be transferred to Corrections.
Joint Finance/Legislature: Delete provision.
18. DEPARTMENTAL REORGANIZATION
Governor/Legislature: Transfer funding and positions within the Department to align funding and positions with current departmental structure. The realignment would: (a) create separately identifiable budgetary units for bureaus and programs within the Division of Management Services; (b) combine budgetary units for the northern and southern correctional centers; (c) align funding for the Bureau of Health Services; and (d) align funding of positions in the Secretary’s Office and the Division of Management Services with current duties.
19. FEDERAL FUNDING REESTIMATES [LFB Paper 323]
FED $5,117,800
Joint Finance/Legislature: Provide additional funding in the following federal appropriations to reflect revenue reestimates: (a) federal project operations--adults, $2,442,100 annually; (b) federal operations--adults, $86,800 annually; and (c) federal program operations--juveniles, $30,000 annually.
20. UNCLASSIFIED DIVISION ADMINISTRATORS
Joint Finance: Create 5.0 GPR unclassified division administrator positions in the Department of Corrections beginning in 1999-00. Delete 5.0 GPR classified division administrator positions in 1999-00. Under current law, division administrator positions in Corrections are classified positions. As unclassified employes, division administrators would be appointed and dismissed at the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections. Unclassified division administrator positions would be assigned to an executive salary group by the Department of Employment Relations, receive increased fringe benefits (approximately $17,100 annually for the five positions based on current salaries), receive additional vacation and leave privileges, have a higher formula factor (from 1.6 to 2.0) for determining Wisconsin retirement system formula benefits and could retire with full benefits at age 62 rather than age 65. Current employes could be appointed to the unclassified positions. Current employes would retain civil service status and as a result have the ability to be placed in other classified positions in Corrections, if not retained as division administrators.
Senate: Delete the Joint Finance provision which creates 5.0 unclassified division administrator positions in the Department of Corrections and deletes 5.0 classified division administrator positions.
Conference Committee/Legislature: Include Joint Finance provision.
[Act 9 Section: 2359x]
Adult Correctional Facilities
1. ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY POPULATION ESTIMATES [LFB Paper 330]
Governor: Estimate an average daily population in the adult correctional facilities (correctional institutions and centers) of 21,721 in 1999-00 and 25,823 in 2000-01. The following table identifies the distribution of this population.
February 26, 1999 Average Daily Population
Actual Population 1999-00 2000-01
Institutions 12,311 13,666 14,325
Centers 1,795 1,885 2,485
Contract Beds
In-State1 594 654 654
Out-of-State 3,607 3,857 3,857
