Arkansas Board of Corrections to probe changes to special counsel contract March 14, 2024 10:03 am|Lawmakers questioned additional language apparently missed by board, department procurement staff By Hunter Field, Arkansas Advocate State legislators,…
UPDATE: More information released on arrest of Arkansas escapee August 29, 2023 4:14 pm|UPDATE, 9 a.m., Aug. 31, 2023: This story has been updated to reflect the arrival of the Hartmans…
UPDATE: Escapee back in custody July 10, 2023 10:34 am|UPDATE: Joshua Harris (pictured), who had run from the Northeast Arkansas Community Correction Center Friday afternoon while taking…
Search underway for correction center escapee July 7, 2023 2:32 pm|UPDATE: Joshua Harris (pictured), who had run from the Northeast Arkansas Community Correction Center Friday afternoon while taking…
Groundbreaking for White River Correctional Center scheduled for next week April 20, 2023 11:20 am|Featured image: Dirt work is underway near the former White River Juvenile Detention Center on County Yard Road…
Arkansas governor proposes $470M for 3,000 new prison beds March 28, 2023 8:47 am|By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday called…
Convicted rapist escapes from east Arkansas prison August 12, 2022 2:51 pm|BRICKEYS, Ark. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a convicted rapist who escaped from an east Arkansas prison.…
BREAKING: Man suspected in death of Arkansas sergeant is captured March 1, 2022 8:30 am|MAUMELLE, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of an Arkansas Department of…
Corrections sergeant assisting Arkansas police fatally shot February 28, 2022 12:23 pm|UPDATE FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 28, 2022, 3:45 p.m.: MAUMELLE, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say an Arkansas…
Quorum Court approves sale of juvenile detention center August 11, 2021 12:08 pm|The Independence County Quorum Court met in regular session Monday night. Among regular items on the agenda, the…
