I am Devon Brown, Director of the DC Department of Corrections  I appear before you today to present the DC Department of Corrections’ (DOC) budget request for fiscal year 2007 (FY 2007).

Accompanying me today are Patricia Britton, Deputy Director and Ronald Peele, the department’s Fiscal Officer.

As you know, the Department of Corrections is the epicenter of our city’s criminal justice system. Our capacity to effectively maintain a safe, secure, and orderly environment for staff, inmates and visitors is grounded in the application of sound operational practices, adequate funding, and strong support from District governmental leaders, advocacy groups and the community-at-large.

The FY 2007 proposed operating budget for the Department of Corrections is $138,531,268.40 ($138.5 million) and 891 full-time employees (FTEs), which is distributed among the following program areas:

• Inmate Custody, 54.16 percent of the budget; 
• Inmate Services, 28.24 percent;
• Agency Management, 9.23 percent of the budget;
• Institutional Support Services, 7.91 percent; and
• Agency Financial Operations, 0.47 percent of the overall budget.