| Last Updated: | 2/19/2013 |
| Budget Issue: | Update on jail construction funding program |
| Program: | Board of State and Community Corrections |
| Finding or Recommendation: | Overview of recent programs to provide lease-revenue funding to counties to construct and renovate county jails. Recent bills provide total of $1.7 billion for these programs and could result in construction of about 14,700 new jail beds. |
For more information, see our report, The 2013-14 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Justice Proposals.