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Corrections budget trims nonrecurring work; LCIW rebuild and supplemental needs remain focus of committee questions
Summary
Senate Fiscal presented the Department of Corrections FY26 recommendation and a list of supplemental needs. Corrections leaders described the LCIW rebuild, movement of inmates from local housing back to state facilities, and criminal justice reinvestment savings of about $4.2 million for FY24.
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC) told the Senate Finance Committee the department’s FY26 recommended budget is $768.5 million, about $22 million less than the current year’s existing operating budget, mainly because one‑time acquisitions and major repair funding from the current year was nonrecurring.
Senate Fiscal presenter Carrie Couvillion walked the committee through the agency request and highlighted that most DOC funding (about 92% on the recommended budget) comes from State General Fund. She also presented the department’s supplemental estimate: DOC officials identified roughly $50.1 million in potential supplemental needs for the current year, driven primarily by…
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