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Colorado scrambles to find more prison beds

To address rising inmate populations, Colorado is preparing to spend more than $26 million in next year's budget on ...
Colorado Politics

Colorado House Democrats focus on prison costs in budget discussions

Colorado’s House Democrats pressed budget writers Tuesday over a nearly $70 million increase for the Department of ...

Colorado House Democrats focus on rising prison costs amid declining crime rates during budget discussion

Colorado’s House Democrats pressed budget writers Tuesday over a nearly $70 million increase for the Department of ...
The Durango Herald

Colorado bill would make sure people leaving prison would get $100, ID documents

Under a proposed Colorado law, people leaving prison would be entitled to identification documents and $100 in a release allowance, two benefits bill proponents say are not reliably distributed by the ...
The Greeley Tribune

Colorado lawmakers want to carve a new path out of prison in second-look sentencing bill

Colorado lawmakers are considering whether to carve a new path out of prison for some inmates who have served at least two decades behind bars. In a second-look sentencing bill introduced in late ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Colorado bill would make sure people leaving prison would get $100, ID documents

Colorado state Rep. Jamie Jackson, an Aurora Democrat, listens to Majority Leader Monica Duran on the House floor March 3, 2026, at the Colorado Capitol. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline) ...