The Profit in Montana Corrections- Community Counseling Corrections – Butte PreRelease

The Montana Department of Corrections contracts with private companies to provide correctional facilities within the state.  Not for profit corrections sounds good, sounds charitable and sounds like a good deal for Montana tax payers.  These are criminals and convicts.  Why should you care?

The State of Montana pays CCCS Inc (Community Counseling Corrections – Butte Pre-Release Center) 30 million dollars a year.  That’s why you should care.  CCCS Inc. is a registered non profit company providing services to incarcerated people.   See Income Tax Form 990 FY 7/1/2014 – 6/30/2015.

Let’s first look at some salaries in Montana Corrections.
Leroy Kirkegard – Warden Montana State Prison – $45.63 per hour
Joan Daly-Shinners – Warden Montana Women’s Prison – $44.20 per hour
Mike Thatcher – CEO at CCCS Inc. (non profit) – $119.00 per hour
Perry Hawbecker-Chief Financial Officer CCCS (non profit)- $58.61 per hour
Steve McArthur – Director Programming CCCS (non profit) – $62.85 per hour

$119.00 per hour salary for a CEO of a non profit organization in Montana.   This salary is paid by your taxes to run a non profit correctional facility.  CCCS Inc won’t even pay their own taxes to support their own salaries.

Shopping Cart: 0 items [$0.00] Parcel Number:  0002020200 Status:  Delinquent Type:  RE Owner:  COMMUNITY COUNSELING CORRECTIONAL SERVIC History: Tax Year Statement# Bill Date Bill Amount Date Paid ** Paid Amount Notes 2016 19524 11/01/2016 $917.86 $0.00 $0.00 2015 19552 10/15/2015 $897.84 $0.00 $0.00 2014 14850 10/10/2014 $851.74 11/28/2014 5/26/2015 $425.89 $425.85 2013 17096 10/18/2013 $797.88 12/13/2013 6/4/2014 $398.96 $398.92 2012 15933 10/19/2012 $705.08 12/6/2012 12/6/2012 $352.56 $352.52

Montana tax payers should not be paying salaries for private contract correctional facilities that are double the salaries for government run correctional facilities.  If Montana is really looking at reducing correctional costs then we need to look at how tax money is being spent.  This is how we are spending our money, doubling salaries for private correctional facilities.  Does Montana really want to support exorbitant salaries or should we stop private corrections in Montana?