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Department of Corrections seeks $6.5M for equipment, insurance and staffing; highlights body‑worn video and automation plans
Summary
The Department of Corrections requested about $6.5 million for debt service, body‑worn-video equipment and insurance/benefit cost increases and described plans to use technology to reduce time‑consuming manual processes such as inmate counts.
The Department of Corrections asked the Appropriations and Budget Committee for roughly $6.5 million in additional recurring funding to cover debt service, body‑worn-video equipment and rising insurance and benefit costs.
Director Steve Hart (presented in the hearing as the department director) told lawmakers the agency is also pursuing technology investments to reduce labor‑intensive tasks. “The issue with the body cams is … the number 1 thing that we do in prisons … is doing count. We do 11 counts a day. It takes an hour at each count,”…
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