‘We set ourselves up for failure’: Lawmakers angry over $1.25 billion prison costs, delays

Days after the contractor building Alabama’s new $1.25 billion prison missed its completion deadline, lawmakers from both parties are blaming the state for problems that have driven up costs and delayed construction.

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R - Josephine) recently toured the Governor Kay Ivey Complex in Elmore County and told the Jeff Poor Show that the state rushed into construction before plans were finished, then kept changing them as work was underway.