Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Lansing Correctional Facility Budget topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Lansing Correctional Facility reopens units, requests FTEs and incentives as central budget shifts funds
Summary
Lansing Correctional Facility reported a FY25 increase driven by reopened units and added positions; the LBC moved some central-office reappropriations and reduced certain premium-pay items.
Lansing Correctional Facility officials appeared before the Legislative Budget Committee to present facility-specific budget changes tied to reopened units and operations.
Nicole Rencher, KLRD fiscal analyst presenting the facility budget, said the FY25 approved amount was $46.3 million and the agency requested $51.4 million, a 10.9 percent increase. That change included carryover of unspent special revenue funds and a transfer of funds from KDOC central office to reduce “shrinkage” allocations and restore salary funding. The facility added 27 FTE positions to staff recently reopened units, and Rencher said reopening those units adds 384 high-custody beds and about 200 minimum-custody beds on the East Campus.
The facility requested nearly $1,000,000 for inmate incentive pay increases tied to the legislative approved request from 2024 and the additional residents placed in reopened housing. The LBC recommendation deleted or reduced some premium-pay funding (including a $197,000 SGF premium-pay deletion noted in LBC action) and lapsed some reappropriated capital funds.
Why it matters: Lansing’s reopened maximum-security and east-campus units change staffing needs across the statewide system; Rencher said the FTE increases are largely shifts from other facilities rather than net new statewide positions. The LBC transfers and deletions moved some central-office funding into facilities while eliminating some line items.
Capital and equipment: Lansing reported carryover of Correctional Institutions Building Fund (CIBF) dollars for small capital projects and listed a $425,000 revised estimate of capital expenditures from reappropriated funds. Rencher said the facility had no new capital requests for FY26.
Ending note: Committee members raised a follow-up question about the capital-budget tabulations and a typographical mismatch; staff said they would correct the accounting presentation. The committee closed the day’s facility hearings and moved to recommendations shortly after Lansing’s presentation.
