科罗拉多州监狱的过度拥挤危机促使加拿大省长. 尽管预算短缺和反对, 但波利斯将寻求1.5亿美元至2亿美元的资金来重新开放关闭的监狱. Colorado's prison overcrowding crisis prompts Gov. Polis to seek $150M–$200M to reopen a shuttered prison, despite budget shortfalls and opposition.

科罗拉多州面临着监狱过度拥挤的危机, 有超过5000名囚犯因人员和床位短缺等待假释, 这促使州长杰里德·波利斯敦促立法者为至少一个关闭的监狱重新开放提供资金, 可能是Huerfano县设施, Colorado faces a prison overcrowding crisis with over 5,000 inmates awaiting parole due to staffing and bed shortages, prompting Governor Jared Polis to urge lawmakers to fund the reopening of at least one shuttered prison, possibly the Huerfano County facility, at a cost of $150 million to $200 million. 尽管预算缺口为15亿美元, 但该州计划使用大麻税现金基金和债券的资金. Despite a $1.5 billion budget shortfall, the state plans to use funds from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund and bonds, though critics call the move wasteful and oppose higher per-day costs tied to private prison leasing. 现在,联合预算委员会已经批准了有限的资金,预计会有更多的申请. The Joint Budget Committee has approved limited funding so far, with a larger request expected.