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| Corrections says it needs $10M more this year |
| By santafenewmexican.com- Phaedra Haywood |
| Published: 09/30/2016 |
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As lawmakers head into a special legislative session aimed at addressing a budget deficit in the hundreds of millions of dollars, state Corrections Department officials told the Legislative Finance Committee on Thursday they will be hard-pressed to make it through the current fiscal year without more money. Alex Sanchez, the department’s deputy secretary of administrative support, told members of the committee that the department anticipates it could end fiscal year 2017, which began in July, $17 million in the hole. And that doesn’t account for the fact that Gov. Susana Martinez has asked each department to cut 5 percent from its general fund spending for the current fiscal year. Sanchez said the Corrections Department could help shore up that shortfall with about $7 million in supplemental funds it received from the Legislature last year for hepatitis C treatments and to address an increase in inmates, but at a minimum, she predicted, the department will need $10 million more to finish out the fiscal year. Read More. |
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