Gov. Kay Ivey has announced proposed sites for three new men’s prisons and the private developer teams that will negotiate with the Alabama Department of Corrections on the projects.

Ivey and Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn have not said new prisons will fix all the system’s problems. They have asked the Legislature for a $40 million budget increase ...

Today is a key date in Gov. Kay Ivey’s plan to lease new men’s prisons that would be financed and built by private developers, a plan the governor and the Alabama Department of Corrections ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Friday a number of prison infrastructure bills, which will use Covid-19 relief funds to build new prisons in the state, calling it a “pivotal moment for the ...

Gov. Kay Ivey said today she would meet with legislative leaders to look for new ways to build prisons after a key deadline passed in her plan to lease privately owned prisons. At an event kicking ...

Ivey answered questions about the prison plan during an interview Wednesday, the day after her State of the State address to kick off the 2020 legislative session.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is defending her proposal to use the state’s allotment of coronavirus relief funds to build new prisons in the state after receiving criticism from Democrats.

Gov. Kay Ivey said today that her administration is considering all options for building prisons, including leasing prisons from private companies. Ivey was asked today about last week's ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) is hitting back after criticism over plans to use coronavirus pandemic relief funds provided by the federal government to finance the construction of new prisons in the ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has proposed raiding school funds to pay for prison construction and Montgomery water park, but her administration stubbornly refuses to expand Medicaid, a move that could ...