REPORT DIGEST

LAWRENCE
CORRECTIONAL CENTER

LIMITED SCOPE
COMPLIANCE AUDIT

For the Two Years Ended:

June 30, 2002

Summary of Findings:

Total this audit 2
Total last audit N/A
Repeated from last audit N/A

Release Date:
April 23, 2003

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State of Illinois

Office of the Auditor General

WILLIAM G. HOLLAND

AUDITOR GENERAL

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SYNOPSIS

 

 

 

 

 

  • A State-authorized firearm assigned to an employee of the Lawrence Correctional Center was not stored in a secured manner.
  • This is the first audit of Lawrence Correctional Center. The Center received its first inmates in November 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Expenditures and Activity Measures are summarized on the reverse page.}

 

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
LAWRENCE CORRECTIONAL CENTER
COMPLIANCE AUDIT
For The Two Years Ended June 30, 2002

EXPENDITURE STATISTICS

FY 2002

FY 2001

  • Total Expenditures (All Appropriated Funds)

$23,742,937

$6,099,713

Personal Services

% of Total Expenditures

Average No. of Employees

Average Salary Per Employee

Inmate Compensation

% of Total Expenditures

$14,797,321

62.3%

406

$36,446

$76,796

0.3%

$3,283,294

53.8%

122

$26,912

$0

0%

Other Payroll Costs (FICA, Retirement)

% of Total Expenditures

$3,266,681

13.8%

$670,438

11.0%

Contractual Services

% of Total Expenditures

$3,415,580

14.4%

$338,750

5.6%

Commodities

% of Total Expenditures

Equipment

% of Total Expenditures

All Other Items

% of Total Expenditures

$1,752,389

7.4%

$241,241

1.0%

$192,929

0.8%

$1,420,428

23.3%

$229,602

3.8%

$157,201

2.5%

  • Cost of Property and Equipment

$88,039,802

$82,946,841

SELECTED ACTIVITY MEASURES

FY 2002

FY 2001

  • Average Number of Inmates

447

N/A

  • Ratio of Correctional Officers to Inmates

1/1.53

N/A

  • Cost Per Year Per Inmate

$52,577

N/A

  • Rated Inmate Capacity

2,257

N/A

  • Approximate Square Feet Per Inmate

84

N/A

CENTER WARDEN(S)
During Audit Period: Michael V. Neal (4-01-00/12-31-01), Guy D. Pierce (from 1-01-02)
Currently: Guy D. Pierce

 

 

 

During an inventory of firearms, one firearm assigned to a Center official was not on the premises and was not available for inspection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

FIREARM NOT STORED SECURELY

We performed a complete inventory of the Center’s firearms and noted that one firearm assigned to a Center official was not on the premises and not available for inspection. According to the Center official the weapon is occasionally left at home.

Illinois Department of Corrections administrative directives require that individuals authorized to carry a weapon keep their firearm secured at all times. Failure to secure and control a State-authorized firearm increases the risk that an unauthorized individual could gain access to the firearm. (Finding 2, page 10)

We recommended Department management remind all individuals assigned a State-authorized firearm to properly secure it in accordance with administrative directives.

The Center accepted our recommendation and indicated it will remind all employees assigned State firearms to secure them in accordance with the administrative directives. Individuals wanting to secure a State weapon within a residence will have to purchase a department approved lock box.

OTHER FINDING

The remaining finding was less significant and is reportedly being given attention by Center management. We will review the Center’s progress toward implementation of our recommendation in our next audit.

Mr. Mark Krell, Chief Internal Auditor for the Department of Corrections provided the Center’s responses.

AUDITORS’ OPINION

We conducted a limited scope compliance audit of the Center as required by the Illinois State Auditing Act. We also performed certain agreed-upon procedures with respect to the accounting records of the Center to assist in our financial audit of the entire Department. Financial statements for the Department will be presented in that report.

 

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WILLIAM G. HOLLAND, Auditor General

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SPECIAL ASSISTANT AUDITORS

Our special assistant auditors for this audit were Martin & Shadid, CPAs, P.C.