A group that oversees prison financing voted Wednesday to call the Alabama facility the “Governor Kay Ivey Correctional Complex.”

A state board will consider resolutions on the transfer of real property and the design and construction contracts for the prison.

State officials will name a $1 billion prison in Elmore County after Gov. Kay Ivey, who made its construction a priority in her first term. Members of the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority (ACIFA),

Alabama’s new state men’s mega prison, currently under construction in Elmore County, has a new name, and it’s a familiar one.

The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Wednesday that the state's newest correctional facility will be named after Governor Kay Ivey.

A billion-dollar prison that is being built in Elmore County partly using COVID-19 relief funds issued to the state will be named after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey.