Board member Lee Watson, who abstained from Friday’s vote and lives in western Arkansas said “there’s a need for a facility” ...

The Board of Corrections voted Friday to approve the purchase of an 815-acre property in Charleston with plans to build build ...

Both steps are part of an ongoing effort to increase bed space for inmates throughout the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...

The process of getting the prison approved and underway is moving quickly. The Arkansas Department of Corrections is set to vote to approve the prison's building on Friday morning—a week before ...

"For Charleston, Franklin County, and the River Valley, it will offer hundreds of permanent, recession-proof jobs and millions of dollars in investment," Sanders said. The board voted 6-1 in favor of ...

“There are no facilities in western Arkansas,” Watson said. “For folks who feel like the inmates in the Department of Corrections are from Little Rock or that part of the state, a large ...

and in a news release that included statements of support from Arkansas Department of Corrections Secretary Lindsay Wallace, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, legislative leaders and others.

Members of the Arkansas Department and Board of Corrections tried to answer why the new prison site was selected in Franklin ...

Troopers tracked the man as additional troopers arrived using ASP Air Support and a K9 unit from the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Arkansas State Police troopers arrest man in connection to road ...

economic and social concerns before the Arkansas Board of Corrections held a vote. The next question was for Joe Profiri, the former secretary of the Department of Corrections and current ...