Like his predecessor, Gov. Jared Polis wants to reopen a shuttered prison as part of his plan to tackle Colorado’s crowded corrections system. But instead of adding new beds, Polis wants to use the facility to replace beds currently operated through contracts with for-profit prison companies. He also has urged lawmakers to pass bills to address the root causes of the overcrowding, and a group of lawmakers on Friday introduced a bill following some of the governor’s suggestions. Polis’s plan states that reopening the shuttered Centennial Correctional Facility-South and swapping its functions with the Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center would add 824 beds to the state’s prison system, allowing the same number of beds to be subtracted from the private system. The plan, however, would require the support of the state General Assembly, which has repeatedly voted against reopening the prison despite the Department of Corrections’ warnings about a system near capacity. RELATED: The ICE detention center in Aurora added 432 beds last month.
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post: Politics
Mon, 02/18/2019 - 6:00am
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