The additional money needed to build a second state penitentiary in Canon City is creating a bit of a problem among state budget writers.Pueblo ChieftainWhile lawmakers acknowledge that they need to come up with $25 million to get the planned 948-bed Colorado State Penitentiary II built, they're not sure from where the money should come.
The Legislature's Capital Development Committee is balking at having to use its limited funds - approximately half of the $50 million it expected to receive this year - to take care of the problem.
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