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Corrections: state remains over capacity, negotiating contract beds and emphasizing care/staffing
Summary
Department of Corrections Director Colby Braun told the Budget Section the prison system remains over operational capacity and the department is negotiating multiple contracts and mission changes to add beds ahead of July 1, 2026, while stressing staffing and clinical care concerns.
Colby Braun, director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, briefed the Budget Section on inmate population, operational capacity, and plans to add contract beds.
Braun said the system’s total count was 1,926 (a snapshot near the briefing) against an operational capacity of roughly 1,624 beds, meaning the department is more than 300 beds over capacity and using county jails as temporary overflow. Women’s population was about 277 and the department added 15 beds at Heart River Correction Center (HRCC) by converting…
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