FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 12, 2025
Time Requested: 08:53 PM |
| Agency: |
Corrections & Rehabilitation, Division of |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1870 |
Introduced |
HB2207 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Crime |
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FUND(S):
West Virginia DCR
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Increases Existing Expenses
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
This could significantly increase the cost to the WV DCR. There is not enough information yet to determine how many inmates may be affected by this change. Not providing good time to some offenders would mean that a (10) year sentence would not expire until (10) years, which under current, would discharge at 5 years with good time additions. This would impact overcrowding, medical, food service, etc. but enhance public safety. No change to life sentence as they currently do not earn good time. This also would not affect parole eligibility. Inmates currently serve 1/4 of their determinate sentence unless specified in their order.
A cost of $35,452.00 per year , per inmate, was reported in the WV DCR Annual Report. As an example would be an inmate now servicing a 1-5 year sentence would earn good time and discharge his sentence in 2. 5 years. This costs currently $88,630.00. If no good time was awarded it would cost the agency $177,260 for the inmate to complete his/her sentence.
The Bill also suggests that an inmate would be subject to Electronic Monitoring. Our current contract with Attenti Electronic Systems cost us a daily rate of $2.52 per day. This equates to a minimum $919. per year per inmate.
These funds would be taken from general revenue as there would be convicted inmates serving in our prison system.
Summarize in a clear and concise manner what impact this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2025
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2026
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
As noted above there is not enough information to place a total of expenditures and cost increases to the division. The estimates above are speculative. Circuit Judges will have discretion to the sentence they impose.
Memorandum
The total mentioned above does not consider yearly inflationary increases and assumed medical cost expense increases to our current contract. If inmates are incarcerated for a longer periods of time it would increase our populations which could affect overcrowding and have a potential increase in staffing and an increase in facilities. These offenses are severe and violent in nature and would increase our bed space at our maximum/medium security institutions, causing for a potential need to build a new facility. Food, clothing and other material expenses could be expected. Current estimates to build a new prison that would house 600+ inmates is approximately $144,000,000.00
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Patrick Mirandy
Email Address: patrick.a.mirandy@wv.gov