Alabama closes bond deal to build two mega-prisons
Alabama has closed a bond deal to build two supersize prisons, housing up to 4,000 prisoners each, even as inmates filed a lawsuit seeking to block the project.
Source: wvtm13.com
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Alabama has closed a bond deal to build two supersize prisons, housing up to 4,000 prisoners each, even as inmates filed a lawsuit seeking to block the project.
The state of Alabama intends to move quickly on building new prisons under a plan that uses some of the state's pandemic relief funds and could skip the normal bidding process.