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DOC: New Elmore complex 75% complete; vocational and medical space highlighted
Summary
Commissioner Hamm told the committee the Elmore correctional complex was roughly 75% complete as of September 2025, with a 45,000-square-foot vocational building and roughly 720 medical/mental-health beds planned within the 4,000-bed campus.
Commissioner Hamm of the Alabama Department of Corrections updated the Joint Interim Committee on Corrections about construction progress at the new Elmore complex, saying the project was roughly 75% complete as of photographs dated September 2025 and that planners are working through significant logistical and staffing details ahead of occupancy.
The commissioner described a campus-style layout for the 4,000-bed project with a 45,000-square-foot vocational-education building operated in partnership with the community college system. He said that building will house multiple trades — welding, plumbing, electrical, industrial maintenance and…
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