Board of Corrections

Arkansas prison officials on Tuesday approved a lease agreement between the state’s Development Finance Authority and the Department of Corrections for 815 acres in Franklin County.

The Franklin County city of Charleston is set to have a new 3,000-bed prison built there. Residents say they don't want it.

Arkansas’ prison board will investigate when and how changes were made to a legal contract without the knowledge of state procurement officials.

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.

Alonza Jiles is accused of covering up child abuse at a religious boarding school he worked at.

Alonza Jiles is facing calls to resign after allegations that he covered up abuse at a boarding school in Arkansas.

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.

Lona McCastlain also becomes a member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections.

Former State Senator Eddie Joe Williams, who was recently tabbed for an interim post with the Board of Corrections, has resigned.

The chair of Arkansas’ parole board resigned on Friday after personnel records revealed he was fired from a local police department several years ago for lying to investigators about having sex with a minor.