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Colorado Department of Corrections asks state to add millions to this year's budget to reopen prison
By canoncitydailyrecord.com- Noelle Phillips
Published: 09/20/2017

The Colorado Department of Corrections is asking the state to add $11 million to this year's budget to lease a private prison while it attempts to reopen a closed prison in Cañon City.

Critics, however, say the state needs to look for options rather than pour money into more prison beds. They are especially concerned about the department's plan to put general-population prisoners in Centennial Correctional Facility-South, a prison designed for solitary confinement.

Mark Fairbairn, a corrections department spokesman, said in an email that officials would not discuss their plans until an official request is made Wednesday to the legislature's Joint Budget Committee.

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