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Alabama House speaker calls for pause on Escambia prison construction project

States Newsroom · October 30, 2026

The speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Thursday called for construction on a men’s prison in Escambia County to stop amid rising costs and delays in the completion of another prison in Elmore County. In a Thursday letter to Gov. Kay Ivey, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, expressed…

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Alabama House speaker calls for pause on Escambia prison construction project

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