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Colorado's prison overcrowding crisis prompts Gov. Polis to seek $150M–$200M to reopen a shuttered prison, despite budget shortfalls and opposition.
Colorado faces a prison overcrowding crisis with over 5,000 inmates awaiting parole due to staffing and bed shortages, prompting Governor Jared Polis to urge lawmakers to fund the reopening of at least one shuttered prison, possibly the Huerfano County facility, at a cost of $150 million to $200 million.
Despite a $1.5 billion budget shortfall, the state plans to use funds from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund and bonds, though critics call the move wasteful and oppose higher per-day costs tied to private prison leasing.
The Joint Budget Committee has approved limited funding so far, with a larger request expected.
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La crisis de hacinamiento en las cárceles de Colorado hace que el gobernador Polis buscará $ 150M $ 200M para reabrir una prisión cerrada, a pesar de las deficiencias presupuestarias y la oposición.