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Officials in Cañon City — home to seven of Colorado’s 20 prisons — worry that the local economy will suffer if the state decides to close facilities as part of cuts to the Department of Corrections budget.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports a study is underway to determine whether some prisons should be closed. The study was initiated after the state’s prison population dropped in fiscal year 2011-12. That decline continues.
“The prisons are a very critical part of our economy,” Cañon City Mayor Tony Greer said.
