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Arkansas’ prison board and state leaders, despite an ongoing public dispute, agree on one thing: the state needs a new prison; but progress on that project has inched along.
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.
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.
Joe Profiri, fired this week as Arkansas' secretary of corrections, "was good when he was in the lower ranks," said Carlos Garcia, executive director of the Arizona Correctional Peace Officers Association. But when Profiri was promoted, Garcia says, "he was doing crazy things and allowing crazy things to go on."
Joe Profiri, fired this week as Arkansas' secretary of corrections, "was good when he was in the lower ranks," said Carlos Garcia, executive director of the Arizona Correctional Peace Officers Association. But when Profiri was promoted, Garcia says, "he was doing crazy things and allowing crazy things to go on."