June 8, 2009
Ala. to remove inmates from private prison
Alabama's prison commissioner says the state will remove about 250 inmates from the private prison where two men recently escaped amid a string of security failures.
But Corrections Commissioner Richard Allen said Monday that money — not the threat of additional escapes — was behind the decision.
In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, Allen said his agency can't afford to continue housing 250 inmates at the Perry County Detention Center…
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