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A legislative subcommittee on Monday delayed approval of a $235.5 million medical contract for the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
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Nicholas Horton, founder and CEO of Opportunity Arkansas, disagreed with a ballot amendment group's plan to collect signatures from inside a jail.
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Inmate Randy Rogers had a heart attack while in police custody at the Columbia County Jail in July 2022.
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Arkansas’ prison board will investigate when and how changes were made to a legal contract without the knowledge of state procurement officials.
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Alonza Jiles is accused of ignoring widespread child sexual abuse while working at The Lord’s Ranch, a now-defunct religious boarding school in north Arkansas.
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Alonza Jiles is accused of covering up child abuse at a religious boarding school he worked at.
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Arkansas’ attorney general on Tuesday filed notices that he plans to appeal rulings that favored the state prison board over the state in recent legal disputes.
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Lona McCastlain also becomes a member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections.
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Lindsay Wallace will take over the position leading the state's prison system after the interim secretary stepped down.
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Former State Senator Eddie Joe Williams, who was recently tabbed for an interim post with the Board of Corrections, has resigned.