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Prisons. critics call the move absurd, saying the federal dollars should be used to improve the state's pandemic response. here now is cnn's dianne gallagher. >> reporter: the state of alabama planning to use hundreds of millions of dollars in covid relief funds to build new prisons. >> we've got an alabama problem and we're 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 renovating the existing ones. the majority is paid for in bonds and through the state general fund. bu...
Businesses, you can't intend the funds on a tax cut and you can't use the funds to prop up your pension program. >> reporter: but opponents say just because it might be legal doesn't mean it is the right thing to do. >> we haven't done our due diligence in terms of responding to the covid crisis. it is in my view morally reprehensible for us to even consider using those funds. >> reporter: alabama is among the states that get more federal funding than they provide in federal taxes. the state currently has the fourth highest covid death rate in the nation and in the top ten when it comes to the...
Cnn's dianne gallagher reports, the governor's 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. >> we've got an alabama problem and we're 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 up to $400 million, more than 30% of the total cost would come from the money issued to alabama u...