Issues and Agencies: The Alabama Department of Corrections
Since 2021, Alabama has spent about $1.25 billion building a flagship mega-prison — the Governor Kay Ivey Correctional Complex, located in Elmore County — and lawmakers have authorized another $885 million to build a second, the Escambia Men’s Prison Facility in Escambia County. However, neither prison project will add capacity; instead, they will allow the […]