A D.C. Council member is trying to save a three-member government panel created 12 years ago to ensure the well-being of D.C. felons serving time in federal prisons.

Mayor Adrian Fenty wants to dissolve the Corrections Information Council (CIC). Last month he proposed shifting the panel’s meager $25,000 budget — all but a penny of it — to the Office of Justice Grants Administration to cover an outstanding balance related to youth programs.