Colorado Prisons
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With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as lawmakers face budget shortfall
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The Polis administration is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the state’s prison system, just as Colorado’s legislators are bracing for a worsening fiscal outlook. The request sets up a clash over priorities at a time when the state faces a nearly $1.5 billion general fund shortfall, according to the latest revenue…