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Corrections seeks funding to finish MyCase offender management upgrade; lawmakers press for county cost review
Summary
The Department of Corrections told Appropriations it is replacing an outdated offender management system and asked for remaining implementation funding; committee members pressed the department on costs, leach-field trucking, fuel account timing and county jail fiscal pressures.
The Department of Corrections briefed legislators on plans to replace a 20‑year‑old offender management system, the budgetary steps taken to date, and several facility budget items including sewage trucking and fuel accounts.
The department said the legacy system (Chorus) is outdated and no longer approved by the Office of Information Technology; officials said Chorus had minimal vendor support and posed security and functionality limits. Commissioners described a planned migration to a commercial-off-the-shelf product (MyCase) that requires vendor configuration, statutory fit‑gap work and multi‑year implementation.
“The offender management system is critical for any correctional system nationally or in the state of Maine,” the commissioner told the committee, noting the database tracks housing, sentencing, medical and program history for every person the department supervises. The…
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