Alabama authorizes bond sale to finance two new men's prisons
The Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority approved the sale of $725M in bonds to build the facilities in Elmore and Escambia counties.
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The Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority approved the sale of $725M in bonds to build the facilities in Elmore and Escambia counties.
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On February 12, 1992, an urgent 911 call went out in rural Wetumpka, Alabama: Robert Landers, 63, had been crushed beneath a bulldozer.
The vote followed a five-hour debate over the state of Alabama's correctional facilities and whether new construction would address the abuses there.
The Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed another two deaths inside its state prisons this week. John Wilson, 27, died in St. Clair Correctional Facility on Monday, July 19. Tracy Besselaar, 56, died at Fountain Correctional Facility the same day. ADOC confirmed the deaths after the Montgomery Advertiser received tips about the fatalities but would not release a cause of death "pending a complete investigation." The fatalities are among at least 10 known deaths within Alabama prisons in July. The U.S. Department of Justice is pursuing a lawsuit against the state and ADOC over wide...