Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs lease agreements for 2 new mega prisons for men Share Updated: 4:30 PM CST Feb 1, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 4:30 PM CST Feb 1, 2021
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Show Transcript UPGRADED. TODAY GOVERNOR KAY IVEY SIGNED LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR TWO NEW MEN S PRISONS, ONE WILL BE IN ELMORE COUNTY AND THE OTHER IN ATMORE IN HE IS CAM BEE I CAN T. THE NEW PRISON BUILDING PROPOSAL WILL NOT ADDRESS CHRONIC PRISON VIOLENCE AND SEVERE STAFFING PROBLEMS IN THE SYSTEM. IN A STATEMENT, GOVERNOR KAY IVEY SAID LEASING AND OPERATING NEW MODERN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITHOUT RAISING TAXES OR INCURRING DEBT IS WITHOUT QUESTION. MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DECISION FOR OUR STATE. WE ARE IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY, PROVIDING BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS AND WORKING CONDITIONS, AND ACCOMMODATING INMATE REHABILITATION, ALL WHILE PROTECTING THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM INTERESTS OF THE TAXPAYERS. AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTI
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.