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GGD-83-86 1 (1983-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnbc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 121qyC UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT r1 DIVISION 121986 B-204325 JULY 12,1983 The Honorable Stanford E. Parris House of Representatives- Dear Mr. Parris: Subject: Capital Improvement Projects--Some Court .Ordered--Expand Capacity of The District's Lorton Correctional Facilities (GAO/GGD-83-86) This report is in response to your March 8, 1983, request that the General Accounting Office (GAO) review plans by the District of Columbia to spend about $12 million to make im- provements at the District's correctional facilities in Lorton, Virginia. You requested that GAO determine which of the planned expenditures must be made to improve security and which expenditures could be delayed to avoid unnecessary spending should the Lorton facilities be relocated. Subse- quently, you agreed that our determinations should be limited to identifying those expenditures not required by court order. In a subsequent discussion with you, it was agreed also that our report would include data on (1) growth at Lorton since 1973, (2) the District's estimates of projected future growth (enc. I), and (3) the amounts authorized for capital projects since fiscal year 1977 (enc. I). Our work showed that Lorton prison capacity has increased about 31 percent since 1973, although not all of the increase was accommodated through adding facilities. The District's Department of Corrections has expanded capacity at Lorton and plans to further expand capacity by 880 spaces by 1986, pri- marily through new construction or conversion of facilities. Appropriations and other actions have made $32.4 million available for capital improvements at Lorton since 1977. Of the approximately $12 million requested in the fiscal year 1984 budget, about $6.9 million is for projects not required by court order, but the two projects comprise part of the District's plan to satisfy a court order relative to over- crowding at the Central Detention Facility. (429430)

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