With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as lawmakers face budget shortfall

With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as lawmakers face budget shortfall

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 shortfall, according to the latest revenue estimate from […]