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Alabama No-Bid Prison Contract Costs More Per Bed Than State’s Average Home

by Jordan Arizmendi

The Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority recently approved a $975 million no-bid contract for a single new prison – roughly equal to the budget of Alabama’s entire Department of Mental Health. Dividing the total cost by an expected population of 4,000 prisoners comes out to $243,750 per ...

 

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