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| Some Worried About Plan To Use DOC Program Money |
| By tulsaworld.com |
| Published: 03/07/2011 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY - A plan to tap the operating fund for a Department of Corrections industry and agricultural program could have unintended consequences, some warn. Last week, the Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget approved a plan to allow the department to use as much as $5.3 million from Oklahoma Correctional Industries' operating account to reduce the number of furlough days that DOC employees face during the current fiscal year. The department's request for a $35 million supplemental appropriation was denied. Some $9 million of that was needed to end furlough days for its employees, including correctional officers. Oklahoma Correctional Industries is a manufacturing and agricultural program run by the Department of Corrections. It produces the bulk of the food and all of the clothing, except socks, used in the prison system. Read More. |
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