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Douglas County Corrections asks for $2.2 million over target, cites medical, staffing and technology costs
Summary
Director Mike Myers told commissioners the corrections budget for FY25-26 is projected at $68,040,000, $2.2 million above the county target. The increase is driven by a contracted medical cost rise, food-service improvements, additional staff and technology upgrades including Wi-Fi, phone replacements and contraband-detection upgrades; Myers also
Douglas County Corrections Director Mike Myers told the Board of Commissioners on June 10 that the department's FY2025-26 request totals roughly $68.04 million, a $2.2 million increase above the county target. The office said the over-target request would address rising medical contract costs, program needs and capital upgrades at the correctional center.
Myers told the board the department is a 24/7 operation that currently houses more than 1,100 people at times and that personnel costs account for roughly two-thirds of the corrections budget. Contracted services ' primarily inmate medical and mental-health care ' will increase under a vendor contract with a 6% price rise beginning Sept. 1, which Myers estimated would add…
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