It was announced last Thursday by Gov. Kay Ivey one of three future men’s prisons in the Alabama Department of Corrections’ facility plan will be located in Elmore County.
The two other facilities will be located near Alabama Highway 139 in Bibb County and near Bell Fork Road in Escambia County.
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