Alabama asks if covid relief funds can be used for prisons

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Alabama asks if covid relief funds can be used for prisons
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The Associated Press
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July 18, 2021 at 8:18 p.m.
Inmates sit in a treatment dorm at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., in this Sept. 4, 2019, file photo. (AP/Kim Chandler)
Alabama is asking federal officials whether covid-19 recovery funds can be used to improve state prisons with “better, enhanced, and/or extended infrastructure.”
The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser reports that Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department asking the question. Dunn framed the request as enhancing health care and programming for inmates. Lawmakers have previously said they want to know if pandemic recovery funds can be used for prison construction and renovations. The question arose after Gov. Kay Ivey’s plan to lease prisons fell apart because of financing concerns.

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