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| Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley pushes prison plan in State of the State address |
| By timesfreepress.com |
| Published: 02/08/2017 |
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley used his State of the State address Tuesday evening to promote his $800 million prison construction plan, saying overcrowding and understaffing had proven a "deadly combination" within prison walls. The governor is proposing an $800 million bond issue to finance construction of three new large regional prisons for men and one new prison for women. Speaking on the first day of the legislative session, Bentley said crowded and aging prisons were unsafe for those working and confined there. "We cannot afford to wait any longer to solve this lingering, difficult and deadly problem," Bentley told lawmakers. The administration has launched a full-court press for the legislation this year after it failed in 2016. Recently, lawmakers and reporters were taken on tours of state prisons and shown crowded conditions, a collapsed kitchen floor and other expensive maintenance in Depression-era buildings. "Officers are outmanned by inmates and are stretched to their limits," Bentley said. Read More. |
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