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Alabama: 5th Highest Incarceration Rate in The World

State imprisons a higher rate than Iran, Saudi Arabia and Texas.
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The Prison Project is out with the report, which you can see HERE. It ranks the states as if they were independent countries by the per-capita rate of incarceration.   The top ten on the list: Washington D.C. Louisiana Georgia Oklahoma Alabama South Dakota Arizona Texas Florida Tennessee Mississippi.   Categories: Crime, News, Statewide Tags: Alabama, incarceration rates, prison project,…

Gov. Bentley’s $800 Million Prison Project Closer to Being Finalized

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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s proposed $800 million prison construction project cleared a major hurdle Thursday, after a committee approved the bill along with a proposed $13 increase in auto title fees as a funding source. The House Ways and Means General Fund Committee voted 7-4 for a revised bill authorizing an $800 million bond issue to build four new prisons…