Alabama the frontline of a national movement for investors to take stance and no longer invest in the carceral state

Despite a recent Treasury ruling that the construction of new correctional facilities is ineligible for federal COVID relief dollars, Alabama has announced its intention to move forward with its plans to use $400 million to build new prisons and renovate others as part of a massive $1.3 billion boondoggle. As sixteen other states have since outlined their plans to similarly use American Rescue Plan funds for prison construction or expansion, Alabama has become the frontline of a national movement for investors to take a firm stance that they will no longer invest in the carceral state.