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MI: Dept. of Corrections overspends budget by $46 million

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Dept. of Corrections overspends budget by $46 million Dept. has 'blown through its caps' two of last three years By Todd A. Heywood 6/14/10 Michigan Messenger LANSING ? Nine months after state lawmakers and the governor approved an operational budget for the state, the Michigan Department of Corrections has turned back to the legislature to ask for more money. In May 27 letter from Robert Emerson, director of the state budget office, Emerson tells lawmakers that MDOC has overspent its budget by $46.25 million. The cost overruns were the result of delays in closing three prison facilities, unexpected increases in worker?s compensation claims and payments, shortfalls in parole oversight fee collections and 1,300 more prisoners than the department had planned for originally...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 18, 2010 (boomark / email).