{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Up to the Minute","title":"The Prison Bed Budget Went Up. Why? What Next?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1863,"description":"The State of Colorado Joint Budget Commission has approved a supplemental budget increase to add 153 private prison beds to Colorado's system. Why does our state need more prison beds now? Wasn't there a Prison Population Management Measure passed in 2018? How is the number of people in prisons having a domino effect on jails and halfway houses? And what's this about ICE and Homeland Security changing the equation on Colorado'ss facilities? Colorado Radio for Justice (CRJ) hosts JoyBelle Phelan and Bob Eisenman sit down with Christie Donner, Executive Director of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC), to break it all down.\nUP TO THE MINUTE is a podcast by Colorado Radio for Justice (CRJ). www.radioforjustice.org\n00:00 Welcome to Up to the Minute\n00:31 Introduction\n00:57 $2.8M Funds to CDOC for 153 Private Prison Beds\n02:39 Snapshot of State Supplemental Budget Process\n03:50 Community Response to This Supplmenetal CDOC Funding\n06:12 CDOC's Current Prison Vacancy Rates\n07:36 The Prison Population Management Measures (PPMMM) \n15:07 How CDOC Staffing Shortages Intersect with Low Vacancy \n16:26 The \"Tabled List\" Of Prison Residents Whose Release Is On Hold\n18:40 Value of Lived-Experience Perspectrives\n19:16 Accountability of CDOC to PPMM\n20:59 Quality Control on Facility, Department, & State Levels\n23:34 \"The Math Is Not Mathing:\" The Jail Backlog\n25:57 \"The State Over A Barrel\": Future Funding Requests, Private Prisons, & ICE\n29:32 Inviting Community Ideas & Insight\n30:11 Conclusion","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5zaiS0lnSezNjFx-TgYQ8a8D_BOwSP744GeMjPswG4E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82OGZi/ODEyY2I5M2QwYjA5/NDU5NGM1Njg5MjY3/YWExMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}