private prisons

Without any other alternative to build new prisons, the governor is reaching out to legislators.

June 1 had been the deadline to conclude contracts with private prison developers on building three new prisons.

With the private prison option apparently fading, Ivey said that she would discuss the situation with House and Senate leaders.

Budget Chairman Greg Albritton said expansion could cost the state as much as $300 million more than the federal government says.

CoreCivic is set to build two of Alabama’s three new planned prisons in Escambia and Elmore counties.

Editor’s note: The story was updated Feb. 12, 2020, to reflect that the private company Corvias has also pulled out of the procurement process.  The private prison company CoreCivic for more than two years has been eying land just outside the city of Tallassee in Elmore county to build one of Alabama’s planned three new … Continued