Tag: Crowley County Correctional Facility
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Department of Corrections supplemental budget request reveals staffing crisis at private prisons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Polis administration is seeking to bump the state’s current spending plan by $572 million, with a portion of that money paying for a salary hike to help recruitment and retention efforts at privately-run prisons. The Joint Budget Committee approved that request to boost pay for…
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Crowley County prison coronavirus outbreak infects 162 inmates, Fremont County prison outbreak grows to 562
A privately managed state prison west of Pueblo in Crowley County reported a new coronavirus outbreak this week that’s sickened 162 inmates. The outbreak is one of the newest in a prison in Colorado where inmates live in close quarters and outbreaks have grown rapidly sickening hundreds. At the Crowley County Correctional Facility in Olney…