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April 20, 2024
Arkansas Department of Corrections Secretary Lindsay Wallace said Friday the agency is looking into addressing a backlog in jails caused by placement of state inmates in county facilities by making use of "nontraditional beds" in such places as those used for work release programs.
April 20, 2024
Arkansas Department of Corrections Secretary Lindsay Wallace said Friday the agency is looking into addressing a backlog in jails caused by placement of state inmates in county facilities by making use of "nontraditional beds" in such places as those used for work release programs.
December 14, 2023
Attorney General Tim Griffin accused the state Board of Corrections of violating state law twice at a meeting last week in which it went into executive session and then voted to hire outside counsel.
December 13, 2023
Although the state Department of Corrections is moving forward with plans to add 492 beds to three prisons, renovations are needed at two of those facilities before the beds are placed and inmates are transferred.
December 13, 2023
Although the state Department of Corrections is moving forward with plans to add 492 beds to three prisons, renovations are needed at two of those facilities before the beds are placed and inmates are transferred.
December 10, 2023
A spokeswoman for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that the state corrections secretary would move forward with a plan to add hundreds more beds to state prisons after a state board declined for a second time to approve them.
December 9, 2023
A spokeswoman for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that the state corrections secretary would move forward with a plan to add hundreds more beds to state prisons after a state board declined for a second time to approve them.
December 9, 2023
A spokeswoman for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that the state corrections secretary would move forward with a plan to add hundreds more beds to state prisons after a state board declined for a second time to approve them.
December 9, 2023
The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday hired an outside attorney to represent it in employment matters, a step a board member said was taken in response to criticism of