Colorado considers daily rate increase at private prisons

Legislators working on Colorado’s budget are considering an increase for daily per-person costs for private prisons.

State Senator Judy Amabile, D-Boulder, provided a budget briefing to the Joint Judiciary Committee, where she said Governor Jared Polis is requesting to increase the daily amount spent per inmate from $66.52 to $80. This covers housing them in prisons and related services.

She said Colorado has a lot of elderly people in its prisons.

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