KDOC seeks higher budgets for Topeka and Winfield facilities; shifts pay into base and reappropriates capital funds

Nicole Rincher, the Kansas Legislative Research Department budget analyst, presented revised budget estimates for two Kansas Department of Corrections facilities and described several line-item adjustments and reappropriations.

For the Topeka Correctional Facility, Rincher told the committee the fiscal year 2025 approved amount was $23,700,000 and the agency’s FY25 request was $25,200,000 — an increase of $1,500,000, or 6.3 percent. Rincher said the agency included a reappropriation of $43,800 in unspent Correctional Institutions Building Fund money for capital improvement projects and added $2,400,000 from the Central Office budget to reduce the facility’s shrinkage allocation. She said the agency’s revised estimate also included $381,000 to convert previously approved shift-differential pay into base pay and proposed a $639,000…