Gov. Jared Polis' budget director is sounding an alarm about the need for new prison facilities amid a growing inmate ...

It does sound like our initial denial got some traction,” budget committee chair Rep. Emily Sirota said. “But we’ve not seen ...

Colorado’s prison system is facing a critical capacity issue, with only 161 funded general population beds remaining and a ...

The Colorado Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee reversed course on its denial of more funding for prison beds.

Legislators working on Colorado’s budget are considering an increase for daily per-person costs for private prisons. State ...

Days after rejecting the same request, lawmakers signed off on millions of dollars in prison bed funding as overcrowding ...

For the second time four months, the Colorado Department of Corrections is asking lawmakers for more money. The request comes ...

A request by Colorado prisons to expand capacity by 900 beds was denied Wednesday by state lawmakers. The Colorado Department ...

In a 4-2 vote, the Democrats on the JBC voted in a bloc to deny the dollars, complaining that the DOC lacked a plan to ...

I want to know what it is (Gov. Jared Polis’) administration is going to do and going to support, beyond just continued ...