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Alabama plans $500 million bond issue to support prison construction
An Alabama Senate committee today delayed action on a bill that would authorize $500 million in bonds to help pay for a new 4,000-bed men’s prison in Escambia County. But Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, the bill’s sponsor, said he expects to advance the …