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Alabama governor signs bill to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons

Alabama governor signs bill to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons

Alabama Gov.

Kay Ivey signed a bill to use the state’s allotment of Covid-19 relief funds to build new prisons.

CNN’s Dianne Gallagher reports.


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