Ivey signs leases for 2 privately built mega-prisons Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs 30-year lease agreements for two mega-prisons to be built in Elmore and Escambia counties on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Source: Gov. Kay Ivey s press office) By WSFA Staff | February 1, 2021 at 11:16 AM CST - Updated February 1 at 6:28 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Despite growing controversy surrounding the deal, Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections signed lease agreements Monday on two new privately built mega-prisons that will be built in Elmore and Escambia counties.
Ivey’s office released a photo of her signing the leases, flanked by two large stacks of documents sitting on a table in her Capitol office.