JAC Agency Hearings JAC Index 12-11-17pm1 Monday December 11, 2017 Agenda: PM 015 – Attorney General 081 – Board of Parole 080 – Department of Corrections 12/11/2017 1:19:09 PM Called to Order Knepper: pg. 83, Law Enforcement Academy Sommers: WLEA Canteen, t-shirts, mugs for cost to attendees, why at cost, not at profit? Harris: Director, Law Enforcement Academy, citizen can buy logo’d stuff, charged with not making funds off canteen; quality is same, number of students Knepper: pg. 91, advanced training unit, pg. 104, WLEA enterprise fund, food and supplies charged to agencies who send folks to the advanced course, basic training no charge, advanced training, charging LE agencies to pay, $55/day, ammunition costs, pg. 107, peace officers standards and training, GF funded agency, priority 17, POST turning in full time vehicle $9,700, Burkhart: pg. 111, software zero’d out Knepper: between software vendors, paid for by a federal grant not GF, Unit 700, pg. 113, Casper Field Office, attorney’s cost in Law Office Unit, pg. 117, Victim Services Division (VSD) Chambers: Director of VSD, ER #11, ER 7, 8, pg. 118/119, pass through to victims, pg. 123, Unit 902, conferences, 70/20 split, pg. 125, federal funds used for speakers, pg. 126, pass through funds, efficiency study, last 10 years of funding unit 0906 – Nicholas, breakouts within units, pg. 132, DVS admin, pg. 130/131, VWF, GF funding, pass through funds, housed with county agencies, past 2 biennium history for funding report on funds for every office/programs, pg. 132/134, GF and surcharge funding, 9 staff, 8 surcharge funded and 1 GF Winders: budget office adjustments to the payroll, chapter 17 Hbbert: supporting network, special revenue, and previous budget was in error, this is the series 300 correction Chambers: pg. 135, eliminating entire unit, service provider salaries, $8K to each provider, providers ok with decrease; VOCA money discussion, matches, increase in VOCA funding, pg. 138, family violence grant, 100% federal grant, pass through finds, programs apply to VSD, state forms, maintenance of effort, VOCS most flexible funding stream, attorney help for victims, partnership with Equal Justice Wyoming, victims access system for advocacy, federal funds come with strings attached, pg. 145, VOCA-compensation grant, pg. 148, violence against women grant, pg. 151, sexual assault services program, increase spending authority, all victims, 10% carve reflected in 100 series 12/11/2017 2:41:11 PM Larsen: report of tribal relations in working together and tapping into this program, tribal specific dollars and program for each tribe Chambers: pg. 155, ER 7 and 8, Safe2tell; pg. 156, have ability to accept donations, need 2 FTE’s to do this, need acceptance and spending authority so donors can target fund Knepper: expansion of program costly for logo’d items, etc. Chambers: # who have downloaded app, 784 tips, 712 cases Knepper: every school district gets to decide Landen: fear of restrictive usage Knepper: unit 110, pg. 160, federal grant 75/25 match, advocacy and capability building Winders: 600 series line not fully spent, required program, not sure how much has been spent Aleta: 1/3 family members, 1/3 w/disabilities/ 1/3 council 12/11/2017 3:17:31 PM Committee called back to order 081 - Board of Parole; Edward Risha, Director, Kim Gallegos Mr. Risha: provided introduction of agency; no exception requests; Governor approved budget as presented Larsen: inmates who are committed of non-violent crime and when they get paroled Burkhart: page 6; requests explanation of jump in numbers from 2015-2016 Mr. Risha: lack of programming likely a contributing factor Walters: in-state travel budget Larsen: executive officer vacancy Burns: video conferencing Conclusion of Board of Parole 12/11/2017 3:52:27 PM 080 – Department of Corrections; Bob Lampert, Director; Steve Lindly, Deputy Director Mr. Lampert provides brief overview of agency and the three exception requests; outlines previous budget cuts Nicholas: reversions; what are the hard numbers that tell us the actual 320 cuts? Lampert: $40 million and 13.1% reduction Lampert: 225 FTE vacancies, 122 are frozen or defunded; 103 vacancies, 1 pending re-classification, 74 positions are outstanding and under active recruitment; additional salary for correctional officers has had a positive impact Lampert: our beds are full, but our staffing is not Larsen: contracted beds? Lampert: public policy decisions to be made this upcoming legislative session will have impact on DOC Lampert: projections for FY18 on page 13 Wilson: do you track county of origin for DOC inmates? Nicholas: total capacity vs operational capacity; federal guidelines; county jails? 12/11/2017 4:24:47 PM Schwartz: optional for county jails? Larsen: detox and who bears the expense? Burns: markups on commissary items for inmates Lampert: page 20 commissary services; profits used to provide other services for inmates Lampert: moving on to page 37; 12/11/2017 4:41:28 PM Nicholas: phone call provider? Lampert: FCC regulations Lampert: medical services and keeping medical costs flat for the past 8 years Burns: who is your health services provider? Lampert: Corizon Schwartz: tele-health? Wilson: can you bill 3rd parties such as Medicaid, Medicare, etc.? Larsen: elderly inmate population Lampert: page 63 through 77 Lampert: moving on to page 78 where we will find some exception requests; substance abuse funding; 92% of females and 89% of males have the need for substance abuse treatment; substance abuse treatment correlates with recidivism rates Lampert: page 80 for first exception request Larsen: how many total providers? 60 outpatient slots per facility? Sommers: can we send these inmates out of state to a facility that offers these services given our shortage of guards? Lampert: out of state beds are available; however, substance abuse treatment programs cost more when we send inmates to out of state facilities 12/11/2017 5:20:28 PM Lampert: page 84-86 Nicolas: do females have a lower recidivism rate? Lindly: numbering are increasing slightly Lampert: we’re seeing more failures early on; need 3 years before hard numbers Sommers: can you provide chart that gives recidivism rates? Landen: are there qualified treatment providers for the women’s prison? Lampert: Honor Farm exception requests Burns: residential treatment? Larsen: reliance on tobacco funds Don Richards: MSA tobacco funds payments; possible several million dollar deficit Landen: sex offender treatment programs Lampert: yes, at WMCI 12/11/2017 5:38:06 PM BREAK 12/11/2017 5:53:09 PM DOC continued, pg. 111, standard budget requests with Governor’s approval, pg. 131/132, Nicholas: computer use? Age of computers? Lampert: varies between office work and desktop and laptops, report on replacements, etc. CIO: 1360 computers, 270 desktops, Lampert: scrubbed old computers and for inmate use, % of state uses fiber optics Hastert: switches replacement, industry standard for replacement CIO: recommended routing and switches, upgrading bandwidth connectivity, use them; backbone is all fiber, state agencies behind Burns: large capacity switches, Meredith: for 10 gig capability for agencies, switches look like routers; technology has a life span, give committee picture/description of a switch Lampert: no access to internet but access is to intranet, pg. 132/133, 20 year old computer system on a mainframe, Gov’r denied, pg. 134 unit 1031, moved to Unit 9031, zero sum, pg. 137 unit 1032, pg. 139, Unit 1039, Gov’r approved, pg. 141 Unit 1037, pg. 143/144, Unit 1-37, pg. 145 Unit 1038, sex offender treatment management, Gov’s rec to approve, no returnees out of 84 after treatment – male, female – same success story Landen: what are we doing better? Lampert: treatment program; pg. 147, Gov’s rec to approve, pg. 148/149, industry sale $1.2M, pg. 154, unit 2000, field services, oversees substance abuse programs, pg. 154-1556, parole oversight, 6,450 under supervision, out of state offenders, interstate compact, payments receiving state assumes cost Sides: interstate compact rules, discretionary about sending someone out of state, numbers follow up 12/11/2017 6:23:16 PM Lampert: 70% success on released population 3 years out Larsen: recourse with disagreement with parole officer Lampert: through prison chain of command; parole success rates, through parole goes up to 855 success rate, pg. 158, Unit 2012, halfway houses, each 103 beds, 100 beds filled, pay to stay in halfway house, how much after 30 days, $15/day, $39.92/day, all are expected to get a job, increased funding needed in 20/21 biennium, per diem, pg. 160, pg. 161 split sentencing, place in county jail one year, then paroled, pg. 166, unit 2016, question about behavioral health offenders, pg. 167, unit 2020, Gov’s rec to approve, pg. 174, ER $101K, staff losses discussion, reports due to Chairman Nicholas 12/11/2017 6:59:17 PM Nichols: use dollars where most needed Lampert: phase 2 keeps hourly rate the same Larsen: can have 2 different pay scales, Lampert: 20% turnover at all institutions, Gov’s rec to approve, vacancies chat, 74 to fill all, position discussion, salary, pay increase chat, pg. 177-194, pg. 195, summary of women’s center request, pg. 197-201, exception requests, pg. 208, utility overrun, Gov’s rec denial Landen: number of female correction officers, 48% female, 51% male, pg. 224, Honor Farm, raised capacity, attrition rates around the country comparatively, WY is in the middle, exceptions – agencies salary > $40K/year, union states, 80 FTEs at honor farm, ER pg. 226, Gov’s rec approval Wilson: turnover rate for the honor farm high Lampert: turnover for other employment, sold land at Honor farm, $1.6M, use money for replacement property, local pushback, other locations unsuitable, no contingency on other sale/purchase terms, money in reserve in state auditor’s office, leasing land with life resources in lander, reduced herd, interested in continuing to find property, no counterbalance to sale 12/11/2017 7:37:18 PM Lampert: pg. 251, Rawlins facility, division 6000, move an FTE position to AG’s office, no funds attached, positions/vacancies discussion, ER equity pay adjustment, overtime report due to committee, honor farm overtime, at another facility, pay for travel, state vehicle provided, drivers get paid only, WSP structurally, talked about on Friday, Dec 15, pg. 255, reallocation position, asking for concurrence with Gov’s Rec, pg. 278,placeholder from last budget, $15M , fund not used yet for repair and mitigation, sunsets, consider an emergency contingency reserve over the next 2 years, pg. 280, Division 9000, increase staff by one through reallocation, pg. 281 ER phase 2 funding, Gov’s rec approve, gave overview of what committee heard. Sommers: % of increase, $4.5M, 2% with all Gov’s rec. same budget as 12 years ago. 12/11/2017 8:02:55 PM Adjourned