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Alabama Prisons Sell Land to Finance Prison Building, Repair
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2008, page 39
In July 2007, Alabama Governor Bob Riley announced a plan to sell approximately 6,000 acres of state prison land to finance the construction of new prison beds and make needed repairs to existing facilities. The extra bed space would enable the state to return Alabama prisoners who are housed out ...
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
Financing,
Conditions of Confinement,
Overcrowding,
State Legislation.
Location:
Alabama.
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