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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.
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.
Work continues apace to create a memorial project at the burial site of 95 people who had died while part of the convict labor leasing system in a property which
Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester called on Board of Corrections member Alonza Jiles to "immediately resign."
Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a motion Friday to disqualify the state Board of Corrections' lawyer in a Freedom of Information Act case, saying the board can't hire an outside attorney under a specific state law because that law pertains only to constitutional officers, and board members aren't constitutional officers.