MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Five companies are expressing interest in building new prisons for the state of Alabama.
Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday that five firms responded to a “request for qualifications” to build the three proposed prisons.
Ivey’s press office said the firms are The GEO Group, Corvias, Corrections Consultants, CoreCivic and Alabama Prison Transformation Partners.
GEO and CoreCivic are the nation’s two largest private prison companies.
Ivey in February announced a plan to build three new large prisons to replace most state prisons.