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A motion to subpoena former Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri to testify failed on a voice vote
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The nearly two-year legal battle questions who has authority over the state prison system’s top officials
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Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday asked a state court to prevent the Arkansas Board of Corrections from spending any public funds on a lawyer he says the board hired illegally.
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The legal dispute between the Arkansas Board of Corrections and Attorney General Tim Griffin deepened this week, even as the board acted to try to resolve it.
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The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the attorney general’s lawsuit against the state prison board for violating the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
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Officials must negotiate the price of the contract next.
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Development continues for a new prison in the west Arkansas city of Charleston, as locals are fighting to put the prison anywhere else.
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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.
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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.
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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.