DENVER - Oct. 23, 2025 - PRLog -- Dr. Gregory A. Thomas, candidate for Governor of Colorado, is calling out the state's leadership after news that more than 600,000 Coloradans—over half of them children—are set to lose critical food assistance beginning November 1st due to the federal government shutdown.

According to Dr. Thomas, this crisis exposes the mismanagement and misplaced priorities of Governor Jared Polis and his administration.

"It's unacceptable that our state doesn't have the $120 million per month it takes to feed our families, yet somehow finds over $100 million every month to fund a failed corrections system," said Dr. Thomas. "The state of Colorado has chosen incarceration over compassion. That's not leadership—it's neglect."

Thomas, who made history as the first incarcerated person in U.S. history to run for governor, says this moment demands a reset in Colorado's priorities.

"Before we talk about locking people up, we need to talk about lifting people up. How can we justify feeding prisons while our children go hungry? Colorado must feed its families first—period."

Dr. Thomas is urging citizens to take immediate action by donating to FeedingColorado.org and supporting local food banks to help close the gap created by government inaction.

"When government fails, community must rise. Let's take care of our own while demanding better management, fiscal accountability, and compassion from those in power."

About Dr. Gregory A. Thomas

Dr. Gregory A. Thomas is a community reform advocate, educator, and candidate for Governor of Colorado running under the Colorado First campaign. His platform centers on Economic Empowerment, Education Reform, and Community Renewal—prioritizing real solutions that build strong families, safer neighborhoods, and a more just state for all Coloradans.

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The recently released 101-page audit of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) is more than just a bureaucratic black eye—it’s a damning indictment of a system that plays fast and loose with public money, public trust, and real human lives. And he's not speaking from the outside looking in.

Greg is currently incarcerated in this very system.

As someone with decades of experience in government budgeting, economics, and strategic planning—including serving as Mayor of Heath, Texas—he never imagined he'd one day be on the receiving end of a budget this broken. But he is. Living it. Studying it. Analyzing it. And now, speaking directly to it.

The Economic Breakdown

The audit reveals that for four consecutive years, CDOC submitted inaccurate, inconsistent, and incomplete budget data to the state legislature. Key categories—like staffing needs, caseload projections, and operational costs—were based on outdated formulas and shifting methodologies. As a result, the department ran $29 million over budget last fiscal year in staffing alone.

That’s not just poor planning. That’s fiscal malpractice.

Worse still, despite doubling the clinical and behavioral health budget, nearly 30% of those positions remain vacant. So where is the money going? Who is tracking outcomes? And why are they, the incarcerated population, still going without basic services—while the budget bloats in silence?

From the Mayor’s Desk to the Prison Cell

As a former mayor, Greg balanced city budgets under public scrutiny. Every dollar he allocated was visible, trackable, and accountable to voters. There were no backdoors, no secret slush funds, no room for “methodology drift.” If he had pulled the kind of shell game CDOC just got caught playing, he would have been voted out—or indicted.

Now, he sits behind prison walls, watching a system collapse under its own weight while taxpayers are left holding the bill and inmates suffer the consequences. And let’s be clear—in prison, bad budgeting isn’t just about numbers. It’s about people. Missed medical care. Overcrowded units. Stretched staff. Canceled programs. Delayed paroles. Real pain. Real cost.

My Recommendations for Reform

To stop the bleeding—and restore trust—Colorado must implement a Budget Accountability Framework:

Independent Budget Certification
Every DOC budget submission should be certified by a third-party financial auditor, with public documentation of methodology, assumptions, and prior-year comparisons.

Biennial Economic Oversight Review
Legislators should appoint a nonpartisan panel of economists, former public officials, and financial experts to review all high-spend agencies like CDOC every two years.

Transparency for the People
Create an online dashboard that publishes DOC budget allocations, vacancy rates, program outcomes, and facility-level data in real time. If the average citizen can track a city council meeting, they should be able to track a billion-dollar department.

To Taxpayers and Lawmakers

The biggest threat to democracy isn’t corruption—it’s apathy. If we shrug at this audit, if we let CDOC hide behind paperwork and bureaucracy, then we’ve already surrendered the public trust.

This isn’t about politics. It’s about priorities.

And from where Greg sits—from the inside out—He's telling us that: if we don’t fix this system, it will keep wasting our money, failing our families, and endangering both justice and safety.

Prisons should never be profit pits or budgetary black holes. They should be managed with precision, compassion, and transparency.

Let’s stop budgeting in the dark.

Let’s start leading in the light.

Dr. Gregory A. Thomas

Fremont Correctional Facility

PO Box 999

Canon City, CO 81212

DOC #167454

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