Loaded on
March 1, 2026
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2026, page 11
Just days after the Colorado legislature’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC) blocked a request from the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for hundreds of new prison beds, lawmakers backtracked and voted to approve the additional beds in a 5-1 vote on January 28, 2026. The DOC will now receive $2.4 …