Colorado lawmakers voted Wednesday to send millions of dollars to the state’s overcrowded prison system, one week after a key committee rejected the funds and demanded that Gov. No plan has yet materialized, but lawmakers on the Joint Budget Committee said they were swayed by safety concerns in the prisons and county jails — and by a new willingness from Polis’ staff to discuss prison overcrowding. The committee voted to fully fund payments to jails, which have housed some offenders as a backup, and for medical payments. Its members also approved $2.4 million to immediately pay for nearly 800 more prison beds. All four of the committee’s Democrats — who had rejected all or parts of the Department of Corrections‘ requests last week — voted with Republicans to fully fund jails and medical costs.