People are dying of Covid in Alabama. Alabama's response? Build prisons

From Business Insider via Yahoo! News - 

Alabama lawmakers approve controversial plan to use $400 million in COVID-19 relief funds to build 2 new prisons

Alabama lawmakers pushed forward Friday on a controversial plan to spend $400 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to build two new prisons in the state.

According to the Associated Press, lawmakers in the state approved a plan to construct two new prisons and renovate existing prison facilities for a total of $1.3 billion, with $400 million coming from federal funding provided to the state under President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan.

Six prison facilities would close under the new plan, according to the AP.

The $400 million is about 20% of the funding the state received under the ARP.

Of course, Alabama elects people like Mo Brooks and Tommy Tuberville, so honor, decency, and intelligence aren't valued there.

Neither are human lives.

From Johns Hopkins University -

1. Wear a damn mask.

2. Get vaccinated.