Category 20 · budget account 3763

Indigent Postage (Inmates)

Inmate Welfare Account spent $72,700 on indigent postage (Inmates) in FY2026 — 60% of a $122,000 budget. That is about $1 in every $15 of Inmate Welfare Account's spending.

That is 49% more than in FY2025 ($48,900), not adjusted for inflation.

Spent FY2026: $72.7 thousand$72,727
Budget FY2026: $122 thousandReserves excluded
Share of budget spent: 60%Spent ÷ budget
Change from FY2025: +48.6%FY2025: $48.9 thousand

6.6% of Inmate Welfare Account spending.

Spent each year, FY2006 onwards · dashed line: budget

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Where the money went

Explore Indigent Postage (Inmates) by ledger code: select a block to go a level deeper, or switch views. Totals leave out reserves, pass-through accounts and money paid on to other state accounts.

Budget vs spent, by ledger code

5 ledger codes. The largest, Outside Postage, accounts for 40% of the total.

Ledger codes of Indigent Postage (Inmates), FY2026
Ledger code	Spent FY2026	Budget FY2026	% of budget spent	Share
Outside Postage7280

Fiscal year	Spent	Budget
FY2006	$45.7 thousand	Not available
FY2007	$50.7 thousand	Not available
FY2008	$83.6 thousand	Not available
FY2009	$83.3 thousand	Not available
FY2010	$79.1 thousand	$82.0 thousand
FY2011	$73.4 thousand	$85.7 thousand
FY2012	$78.4 thousand	$79.3 thousand
FY2013	$83.0 thousand	$83.1 thousand
FY2014	$86.5 thousand	$86.5 thousand
FY2015	$86.5 thousand	$90.6 thousand
FY2016	$110 thousand	$117 thousand
FY2017	$125 thousand	$128 thousand
FY2018	$134 thousand	$143 thousand
FY2019	$107 thousand	$112 thousand
FY2020	$107 thousand	$139 thousand
FY2021	$88.4 thousand	$130 thousand
FY2022	$79.7 thousand	$99.4 thousand
FY2023	$72.1 thousand	$101 thousand
FY2024	$94.3 thousand	$100 thousand
FY2025	$48.9 thousand	$94.5 thousand
FY2026	$72.7 thousand	$122 thousand
FY2027	See note	$124 thousand

Fiscal year	Outside Postage	Postage - State Mailroom	Operating Supplies-E	Operating Supplies-F	Printing and Copying - C	Budget
FY2006	$20.8 thousand	$24.9 thousand	—	—	—	—
FY2007	$22.0 thousand	$28.3 thousand	—	—	—	—
FY2008	$32.2 thousand	$51.4 thousand	—	—	—	—
FY2009	$30.6 thousand	$52.7 thousand

Step	FY2026	FY2027
Governor recommended	$121 thousand	$124 thousand
Legislature approved	$122 thousand	$124 thousand
Current budget	$122 thousand	$124 thousand

Indigent Postage (Inmates)

Where the money went

Budget vs spent, by ledger code

Over time

Budget journey, 2025-27

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