May 2022 Group Watch: Caddell Construction To Build Specialized Care Prison
Alabama has hired Caddell Construction Co. to build a specialized men’s prison facility in Elmore County. The contract with Caddell, which is based in Montgomery, was effective in mid-April. The contract is the latest step in a process the Ivey administration has pursued for several years to overhaul Alabama’s prison system. Alabama has not built a prison since the mid-1990s. During a legislative special session in October, 2021, a plan was approved to build two 4,000-bed men’s prisons, one in Elmore County and one in Escambia County. The two new prisons will be much larger than any of Alabama’s 13 existing men’s prisons. The two prisons are the first of several phases of construction, renovations and prison closings planned. B. L. Harbert International, based in Birmingham, is expected to be the main contractor for the Escambia County prison.
