Chet Culver on Crime Democrat

$205M for new prison & improving old prison infrastructure

Prison and Infrastructure Budget:
• Building a new State Penitentiary at Fort Madison: $130.7M
• Construction to comply with Americans With Disabilities Act: $50M
• Expanding the corrections facility for women at Mitchellville: $47.5M
• State universities of Iowa buildings: $24M
• Iowa veterans home: $20.5M
• New state office building: $20M
• Expanding the corrections facilities at Sioux City, Ottumwa, and Waterloo: $15.4M
• Kitchen remodeling at correctional facilities at Mount Pleasant and Rockwell City: $12.5M

OnTheIssues notes:This list captures all expenditures over $20M. Most are prison spending; the line-item veto is not about that.

Governor's line-item veto:

I veto section 34, which imposes restrictions on how pharmaceutical drugs are included on the State's preferred drug list, to allow for new generic drugs.

Legislative record:Passed House, 53-43-4; Senate, 30-13-7; signed by Governor May 9.

Source: 2010 Iowa legislature voting records for SF 2432 , May 9, 2008

Fund 130 unfilled positions at corrections institutions

I am proposing to fund 130 unfilled positions at our corrections institutions in an effort to increase staffing levels. Unfortunately, we have some prisons in Iowa that are almost 50 percent above capacity. In an effort to reduce the strain caused by inadequate staffing levels, we have set aside $17.5 million dollars to significantly reduce the strain on the system and to operate the new facility at Oakdale. Source: Governor’s Budget Address , Jan 30, 2007

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