Department

Dept of Corrections

$3.7B
total checkbook spend · FY18–present
9Fiscal years
20Programs
15+Top vendors
+9% in FY25 vs FY24

Budget vs. actual

Appropriated budget (state budget dataset, converted from thousands) against actual checkbook payments. Differences reflect fund types, timing, and spending outside the checkbook — a lead, not a verdict.

Fiscal yearBudgetedCheckbook actualActual / budget
FY18 $312,462,200 $332,961,265 107%
FY19 $332,378,200 $364,696,979 110%
FY20 $347,279,100 $375,881,778 108%
FY21 $354,011,700 $384,419,014 109%
FY22 $368,877,600 $408,765,443 111%
FY23 $380,114,700 $416,571,721 110%
FY24 $399,613,000 $449,297,306 112%
FY25 $438,205,900 $490,552,921 112%
FY26 $472,338,700 $514,537,232 109%

Budget source: “Correction” in the appropriated budgets dataset. Open source dataset ↗

Money anatomy

From 14,371,805 expenditure line items — how this department's spending breaks down by fund and account.

By fund

General Fund (General)
$2.2B
General Fund (Special)
$47.2M
Federal Funds (Federal)
$20.9M
Capital Projects (Capital)
$10.8M
Federal Funds (Special)
$44K
Federal Funds (General)
$1K

Top spending accounts

Salaries/Wages-Employees
$732.2M
Medical Services
$420.4M
Overtime Salaries
$231.5M
Pensions/Employer'S Share
$213.8M
Health Ins/Employers' Sh
$188.6M
Emplyr Sh/Social Security
$62.2M
Food
$42.9M
Operating Supplies
$28.1M
Holiday Pay - Premium
$19.7M
Electric
$19.3M
Buildings - Office Space
$16.7M
Shift Differential Salary
$16.0M

Source: checkbook expenditure details. Open source dataset ↗

Programs

ProgramTotalVendorsYears
Doc-Medical Treatment Srvs $760,386,664 181 FY18–FY26
James T. Vaughn Correctional C $726,101,977 177 FY18–FY26
Sussex Correctional Inst $418,937,205 176 FY18–FY26
Howard R Young Correct Institu $364,306,304 129 FY18–FY26
Probation and Parole $362,003,818 227 FY18–FY26
Food Services $185,109,256 74 FY18–FY26
Baylor Women'S Correct Institu $146,074,487 104 FY18–FY26
Facilities Maintenance $119,171,665 263 FY18–FY26
Administrative Services $91,242,733 97 FY18–FY26
Special Operations $87,466,887 76 FY18–FY26
Sussex Cty Community Correctio $86,873,017 497 FY18–FY26
Steven R. Floyd Sr. Training A $63,934,681 74 FY20–FY26
Kent Cty Community Correction $60,285,920 123 FY18–FY26
New Castle Cty Community Corre $40,535,068 140 FY18–FY22
Doc - Admin Info Technology $40,501,548 48 FY18–FY26
Delaware Correctional Industri $32,898,626 91 FY18–FY26
Plummer Community Corrections $30,499,592 101 FY23–FY26
Central Offender Records $24,853,541 30 FY18–FY26
Office of the Commissioner $23,955,898 180 FY18–FY26
Hazel D. Plant Women'S Treatme $17,741,716 44 FY23–FY26

Spending by fiscal year

Fiscal yearTotalPaymentsVendors
FY18 $332,961,265 38,422470
FY19 $364,696,979 40,092454
FY20 $375,881,778 38,423516
FY21 $384,419,014 39,966449
FY22 $408,765,443 38,485448
FY23 $416,571,721 40,705391
FY24 $449,297,306 37,456359
FY25 $490,552,921 40,458402
FY26 $514,537,232 38,931402