LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday nominated a new corrections secretary after her first pick for the job was fired by a state panel amid a feud over who runs the state prison system.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the plan as state health officials revealed that the number of coronavirus cases at a state prison spiked from 46 inmates to 129. Hutchinson said he hoped to lift some of the state's limits if Arkansas meets the first phase of guidelines set Th...
I first became aware of our jail problem in Oct. 2017 by reading the paper and have since acquired the Quorum Court minutes from Oct.2017 in which Sheriff White addressed the court.The main issue here it seems is not being able to house female inmates..He stated it cost between $15,000...