February 14, 2022 Group Watch: Alabama Paroles Bureau Buys Prison for Rehabilitation Use
The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles has purchased a vacant, private prison in Perry County to use as a rehabilitation facility for parole violators. The bureau will pay $15 million for the Perry County Correctional Center, a 700-bed prison on U.S. 80 in Uniontown. The prison was owned by GEO Group, a private prison company. It will be called the Paroles Reentry Center. The legislature appropriated $19 million for the acquisition last year as part of the larger plan for building two mega-prisons. The amount includes $4 million for repairs and renovations. The Bureau of Pardons and Paroles will operate the facility, and programs offered include vocational training, drug treatment and mental health treatment.
