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    March 17, 2011

    Finding the Path to a $1.5 Billion Corrections Budget

    Finding the Path to a
    $1.5 Billion Corrections Budget

    A Symposium for Policymakers and Stakeholders

    On March 17, 2011, the Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending (CAPPS) the Citizens Research Council of Michigan (CRC) and the Center for Michigan co-sponsored a public policy symposium entitled “Finding the Path to a $1.5 Billion Corrections Budget”. The Michigan Department of Corrections appropriation is currently $2 billion. It consumes nearly 25 percent of the overall General Fund budget. The purpose of the symposium was to present attendees with a wealth of unbiased, non-partisan and factual information about how the MDOC appropriation is allocated, how it affects the overall state budget and what options exist for reducing it. The information was intended to serve as a foundation for forthcoming policy and budget discussions.

    The symposium, held at the Lansing Center, included presentations from the co-sponsoring organizations, budget experts, the business community and stakeholder groups. It was by invitation-only and did not include media. The following is the program with links to the materials provided.

     

    Sponsoring Organizations

         Brief Descriptions

     

    Welcome/Why We Are Here – John Bebow, The Center for Michigan

         Memo to Governor-Elect Snyder’s Transition Team from Corrections Reform Coalition

         Center for Michigan Special Report: Why Michigan prison costs keep growing

         Center for Michigan Special Report: Learning from prison cuts in other states

     

    Corrections Spending in Context: Historical and Comparative Trends – Jeff Guilfoyle, Citizens Research Council of Michigan

         Slide Presentation

    CRC Report 350 — Growth in Michigan’s Corrections System: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

     

    Deconstructing the MDOC Budget – Bob Schneider, House Fiscal Agency

         Slide Presentation

     

    Personnel Matters: Where the Big Money Is – Craig Thiel, Citizens Research Council of Michigan

         Slide Presentation

     

    Strategies for Safely Reducing the Prisoner Population – Barbara Levine, CAPPS

         Strategies for Safely Reducing the Prisoner Population

         CAPPS Report: Denying parole at first eligibility: How much public safety does it actually buy?

     

    The Role of Prisoner Re-Entry – Phillip Weaver, Hope Network

         Slide Presentation

     

    Operating Efficiencies: Issues and Caveats – Natalie Holbrook, American Friends Service Committee’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program and Ron Crabtree, MetaOps, Inc.

         Holbrook: Operating Efficiencies: Potential Savings

         Crabtree: Operational Excellence Overview

     

     

    President

    About The Author

    Eric Lupher

    President

    Eric has been President of the Citizens Research Council since September of 2014. He has been with the Citizens Research Council since 1987, the first two years as a Lent Upson-Loren Miller Fellow, and since then as a Research Associate and, later, as Director of Local Affairs. Eric has researched such issues as state taxes, state revenue sharing, highway funding, unemployment insurance, economic development incentives, and stadium funding. His recent work focused on local government matters, including intergovernmental cooperation, governance issues, and municipal finance. Eric is a past president of the Governmental Research Association and also served as vice-chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC), an advisory body for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), representing the user community on behalf of the Governmental Research Association.

    Finding the Path to a $1.5 Billion Corrections Budget

    Finding the Path to a
    $1.5 Billion Corrections Budget

    A Symposium for Policymakers and Stakeholders

    On March 17, 2011, the Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending (CAPPS) the Citizens Research Council of Michigan (CRC) and the Center for Michigan co-sponsored a public policy symposium entitled “Finding the Path to a $1.5 Billion Corrections Budget”. The Michigan Department of Corrections appropriation is currently $2 billion. It consumes nearly 25 percent of the overall General Fund budget. The purpose of the symposium was to present attendees with a wealth of unbiased, non-partisan and factual information about how the MDOC appropriation is allocated, how it affects the overall state budget and what options exist for reducing it. The information was intended to serve as a foundation for forthcoming policy and budget discussions.

    The symposium, held at the Lansing Center, included presentations from the co-sponsoring organizations, budget experts, the business community and stakeholder groups. It was by invitation-only and did not include media. The following is the program with links to the materials provided.

     

    Sponsoring Organizations

         Brief Descriptions

     

    Welcome/Why We Are Here – John Bebow, The Center for Michigan

         Memo to Governor-Elect Snyder’s Transition Team from Corrections Reform Coalition

         Center for Michigan Special Report: Why Michigan prison costs keep growing

         Center for Michigan Special Report: Learning from prison cuts in other states

     

    Corrections Spending in Context: Historical and Comparative Trends – Jeff Guilfoyle, Citizens Research Council of Michigan

         Slide Presentation

    CRC Report 350 — Growth in Michigan’s Corrections System: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

     

    Deconstructing the MDOC Budget – Bob Schneider, House Fiscal Agency

         Slide Presentation

     

    Personnel Matters: Where the Big Money Is – Craig Thiel, Citizens Research Council of Michigan

         Slide Presentation

     

    Strategies for Safely Reducing the Prisoner Population – Barbara Levine, CAPPS

         Strategies for Safely Reducing the Prisoner Population

         CAPPS Report: Denying parole at first eligibility: How much public safety does it actually buy?

     

    The Role of Prisoner Re-Entry – Phillip Weaver, Hope Network

         Slide Presentation

     

    Operating Efficiencies: Issues and Caveats – Natalie Holbrook, American Friends Service Committee’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program and Ron Crabtree, MetaOps, Inc.

         Holbrook: Operating Efficiencies: Potential Savings

         Crabtree: Operational Excellence Overview

     

     

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    President

    About The Author

    Eric Lupher

    President

    Eric has been President of the Citizens Research Council since September of 2014. He has been with the Citizens Research Council since 1987, the first two years as a Lent Upson-Loren Miller Fellow, and since then as a Research Associate and, later, as Director of Local Affairs. Eric has researched such issues as state taxes, state revenue sharing, highway funding, unemployment insurance, economic development incentives, and stadium funding. His recent work focused on local government matters, including intergovernmental cooperation, governance issues, and municipal finance. Eric is a past president of the Governmental Research Association and also served as vice-chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC), an advisory body for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), representing the user community on behalf of the Governmental Research Association.

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