Robert Bentley’s prison plan to be decided on in session’s last day

The fate of Gov. Robert Bentley‘s prison construction bill will be decided Wednesday, the final day of the 2016 legislative session.

The $800 million proposal to replace most of the state’s existing prisons with four new facilities — three new prisons for men, housing up to 4,000 inmates each, and one new prison for women — heads to a conference committee Wednesday morning where lawmakers will try to reconcile differences in the House and Senate bills.

The committee is expected to exit with a compromise that can pass both chambers before the end of the day.