New Alabama Federal Prison Nears Completion


(11/23/2011)
Construction on the new federal prison outside Aliceville is nearly complete.

Corrections Epicenters: Sweet Home Alabama

By Candice Dyer
(05/19/2011)
The Security Electronics Corridor of Alabama has furnished hollow metal doors and locks, surveillance and monitoring equipment, and blast-resistant materials to rural county jails as well as embassies in trouble spots around the world.

Alabama Eyes Private Prison Purchase


(08/13/2010)
Lawmakers are pressing a proposal to purchase a 726-bed private prison in Perry County to relieve dangerous levels of overcrowding in the state prison system.