Alabama Prison Construction Plan

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s governor will ask four companies to submit bids for building three new state prisons, her office announced Tuesday, as…

A prison construction plan is headed to a key vote in committee. The House Judiciary Committee will vote Tuesday on the proposal to build, or lease, up to…

Alabama’s prison system has been in the news a lot this year, and not for good reasons. Inmate riots, as well as allegations of mismanagement and…

Alabama’s prison system has been in the news a lot this year, and not for good reasons. Inmate riots, allegations of mismanagement and corruption, and a…

State lawmakers ended the 2016 session with three big items of unfinished business: the oil spill settlement division; Medicaid funding and prison…