The Alabama legislature has approved a $1.3 billion prison construction plan for the state, $400 million of which is coming from funds allocated in the American Rescue Plan for Covid-19 relief. Reacting to the bill’s passage, Republican Governor Kay Ivey said that she “look[s] forward to signing these bills as …
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