No Prison For Tallassee

06/09/2023

Thank you Leslie & Travis Ogburn from 3 A M Growers for buying your 2023 Chevrolet Traverse Premier from Eagle Motor Group. Thank you for the repeat business!!!

09/27/2021

09/25/2021

News Wire Company News Investing 21h ago Treasury Urged to Ban Use of Stimulus Aid to Build New Prisons Danielle Moran and Amanda Albright, Bloomberg News Razor wire tops a fence at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, also known as "Gitmo" on October 22, 2016 at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo B...

09/23/2021

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/prison-construction-is-not-covid-relief?source=direct_link&
Please sign and share if you agree COVID relief funds are NOT for prison construction.

What’s happening: Elected officials in Alabama are planning to use $400 million in federal COVID relief “lost revenue” funds to build three new prisons. While using these particular funds for prison construction does not appear to be prohibited under current federal guidelines, it is a gross m...

07/09/2021

It's unclear where the potential of new prison construction stands. The state missed its June 1 deadline to secure financing for the project.
Some state legislators have said that a bond issue to finance state-owned prisons could be an option. The Alabama Department of Corrections and three developers involved in the deal — CoreCivic, Star America Infrastructure Partners of New York, and BL Harbert International — did not respond to requests for comment.

The Communities Not Prisons coalition has stalled Alabama's plan to work with private prison companies to expand the state prison system, which the U.S. Justice Department has charged with unconstitutional human rights abuses. The victory was won by organizing across geographic, race, and class line...

06/17/2021

Communities Not Prisons

The Communities Not Prisons coalition has stalled Alabama's plan to work with private prison companies to expand the state prison system, which the U.S. Justice Department has charged with unconstitutional human rights abuses. The victory was won by organizing across geographic, race, and class line...

06/03/2021

See what people can do when they UNITE and FIGHT!?
Oh and FYI Alabama has some of the newest prisons in the country! They just don’t maintain them. It’s like Alex Flood says, “you don’t keep buying new cars, you gotta change the oil!”
Communities Not Prisons

Governor Kay Ivey says she’ll no longer pursue a plan to lease three new men's prisons from a private company. Ivey says she'll meet with lawmakers next week to look at new options. The Department of Justice filed suit against Alabama and the State Department of Corrections in December saying....

06/02/2021

Communities Not Prisons

Governor Kay Ivey says she’ll no longer pursue a plan to lease three new men's prisons from a private company. Ivey says she'll meet with lawmakers next week to look at new options. The Department of Justice filed suit against Alabama and the State Department of Corrections in December saying....

06/02/2021

Communities Not Prisons

Ivey's plan to lease privately owned prisons is off the table after a key deadline passed on Tuesday.

06/02/2021

Ivey's plan to lease privately owned prisons is in doubt after a key deadline passed on Tuesday.