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flag Colorado's prison overcrowding crisis prompts Gov. Polis to seek $150M–$200M to reopen a shuttered prison, despite budget shortfalls and opposition.

flag 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. flag 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. flag The Joint Budget Committee has approved limited funding so far, with a larger request expected.

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