As Alabama moves to build new prisons, opposition mounts in communities getting them
BRIERFIELD — If Jackson McNeely is correct, the future site of one of Alabama’s new prisons is hard to see.
She marks the boundary of what she and others in Brierfield believe is the new prison site by the two-lane road running around the parcel; the site of a former Baptist church, and gates that break up the long tree line obscuring the property.
With scant local news media and spotty internet service, McNeely and other residents are struggling to get a clear view of a project that could forever alter their community.
“People here may not necessarily know or see it online,” said McNeely, a framing company owner and former Republican legislative candidate. “It becomes a coconut telegraph, with everyone picking up the phone and talking.”
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