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| Alabama committee approves prison construction bill |
| By tuscaloosanews.com- Kim Chandler |
| Published: 03/17/2016 |
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MONTGOMERY — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s plan to build four new prisons advanced out of committee on Wednesday, but not without some skepticism by lawmakers and a potential fight over who will get the lucrative construction work. The Senate Finance and Taxation Committee approved the bill, sending it to the Senate floor for consideration. The vote came on the heels of two violent uprisings at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in which inmates stabbed the warden, a corrections officer, lit fires and seized control of a dormitory and tried to get into other areas of the prison. Bentley said Tuesday that the violence will continue if problems caused by overcrowding and outdated buildings are not addressed. Read More. |
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