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Governor kay ivey signed bills in to law that allow the state to use federal covid relief funds to build new prisons. this is money the federal government earmarked for states to help plug budget shortfalls caused by the pandemic. dianne gallagher has details. >> reporter: the state of alabama planning to use hundreds of millions of dollars in covid relief funds to build new prisons. >> weve got an alabama problem and were going to give it an alabama solution. >> reporter: that solution? a rough...

We are 53 minutes past the hour, and we want to check top stories for you before we go. alabama is one of the states thats been hardest hit by covid, but theyre not using all of their federal covid relief funds to fight the pandemic. >> instead, republican lawmakers are allocating up to $400 million from the american rescue plan to build two new prisons. democrats have raised questions over the legality of the funding. others are questioning its morality. alabama governor kay ivey signed the bil...

Prisons. critics call the move absurd, saying the federal dollars should be used to improve the states pandemic response. here now is cnns dianne gallagher. >> reporter: the state of alabama planning to use hundreds of millions of dollars in covid relief funds to build new prisons. >> weve got an alabama problem and were going to give it an alabama solution. >> reporter: that solution, a roughly $1.3 billion package, laid out in a series of bills to build two new prisons, while closing or renova...

Cnns dianne gallagher reports, the governors idea is being met with a bit of criticism. >> reporter: the state of alabama planning to use millions in covid relief funds to build new prisons. >> weve got an alabama problem and were going to get an alabama solution. >> reporter: that solution, a roughly $1.3 billion package laid out in a series of bills to build two new prisons while closing or renovating the existing ones. the majority is paid for in bonds and through the state general fund but u...

February 2, 2021 Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday signed 30-year leases for new prisons to be constructed near Atmore and in Elmore County. The two new men’s correctional facilities wilk be constructed by CoreCivic’s Developer Team. The state signed a lease agreement with Government Real Estate Solutions of South Alabama, LLC, a CoreCivic entity, for the Escambia County facility on Bell Fork near Atmore. The agreements are not subject to annual renegotiation; however, options to negotiate oc...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs lease agreements for 2 new mega prisons for men Share Updated: 4:30 PM CST Feb 1, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 4:30 PM CST Feb 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript UPGRADED. TODAY GOVERNOR KAY IVEY SIGNED LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR TWO NEW MENS PRISONS, ONE WILL BE IN ELMORE COUNTY AND THE OTHER IN ATMORE IN HE IS CAM BEE I CANT. THE NEW PRISON BUILDING PROPOSAL WILL NOT ADDRESS CHRONIC PRISON VIOLENCE AND SEVERE STAFFING...

Ivey signs leases for 2 privately built mega-prisons Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs 30-year lease agreements for two mega-prisons to be built in Elmore and Escambia counties on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Source: Gov. Kay Iveys press office) By WSFA Staff | February 1, 2021 at 11:16 AM CST - Updated February 1 at 6:28 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Despite growing controversy surrounding the deal, Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections signed lease agreements Monday on two new pr...