Arkansas Prisons

Despite 2022 consent order, corrections department still hasn’t met obligation to bring sewage treatment unit into permit compliance

Arkansas officials must make first move, city councilor says

Two state laws that transferred authority to governor unconstitutional, ruling says

A judge says an election to fill the Northwest Arkansas senate seat must occur sooner than a timeline set by Gov. Sarah Sanders

Sheriff’s deputy spots ICE agents, Joe Profiri at property

A motion to subpoena former Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri to testify failed on a voice vote

The nearly two-year legal battle questions who has authority over the state prison system’s top officials

Arkansas Division of Correction Director Dexter Payne said several employees at the Calico Rock prison had been suspended and another demoted for allowing inmates to use an outdoor kitchen dock unsupervised.

Prison opponents will be allowed to speak, but no investigation is forthcoming, co-chair says

Attorneys for 10 Arkansas death row inmates say Arkansas' law allowing executions via nitrogen gas is unconstitutional.