Judge dismisses Jim Zeigler lawsuit challenging Kay Ivey’s prison lease plan
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Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin today dismissed a lawsuit filed by State Auditor Jim Zeigler and others challenging Gov. Kay Ivey’s plan to lease and operate privately owned prisons.
Griffin granted the request of the Alabama Department of Corrections to dismiss the case, rejecting the claims by Zeigler and the other plaintiffs that the prison leases would violate restrictions in the state Constitution on putting the state of Alabama in debt. Griffin also rejected plaintiffs’ claim that the leases violate a state law that prohibits the ADOC from leasing facilities without consent of the Legislature, as well as other claims.
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday signed 30-year leases for new prisons to be constructed near Atmore and in Elmore County.
The two new men’s correctional facilities wilk be constructed by CoreCivic’s Developer Team. The state signed a lease agreement with Government Real Estate Solutions of South Alabama, LLC, a CoreCivic entity, for the Escambia County facility on Bell Fork near Atmore.
The agreements are not subject to annual renegotiation; however, options to negotiate occupancy extensions beyond the 30-year lease term are available to the state.
The Alabama Department of Corrections will staff and maintain full operational control of the facilities these are not private prisons. CoreCivic will construct, own, and maintain the facilities