Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that the new prison to be built in Elmore County will be located in the eastern part of the county.

“At the beginning of September, I announced the next phase of the Alabama Prison Program, including the successful developer teams and the proposed sites for the construction of facilities one (Bibb County) and three (Escambia County)," Ivey stated in the release. "Multiple locations were under review for facility two (Elmore County), therefore, the site location was not shared at that time. We are pleased to announce that the Alabama Department of Corrections intends to enter into negotiations with the CoreCivic team (CoreCivic; Caddell Construction; DLR Group; and R&N Systems Design) to construct facility two at a proposed site in Elmore County near AL-229/Rifle Range Road."