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Michigan Department of Corrections says more than $320 million in facility repairs are needed over five years
Summary
Kyle Kaminski, legislative liaison for the Michigan Department of Corrections, told a House appropriations subcommittee the department has identified more than $320 million in known capital needs across 26 facilities and expects to spend roughly $215 million in work-project balances tied to facility lines.
Kyle Kaminski, OS administrator and legislative liaison for the Michigan Department of Corrections, told the Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee that the department has identified more than $320 million in known capital improvement needs across its 26 facilities.
Kaminski said the department divides work projects into two categories: "the facility, physical plant, and infrastructure work projects, and then the non facility work projects." He told the committee the state’s newest prison, Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia, opened in February 2001, while Marquette Branch Prison has been in service since 1889, and that aging buildings and 24/7 operations increase maintenance demands.
The nut of Kaminski’s presentation was funding and timing. He said facilities maintain five-year capital…
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