There’s language in the Arkansas Constitution that has exceptions for slavery or involuntary servitude, but a bill recently filed in the Arkansas House is looking to erase that.

Officials confirmed that Lloyd Jones died of natural causes at the Tucker Unit in maximum security on Feb. 27. Jones was sentenced to 60 years in prison following his guilty plea. Cecilia Reynolds ...

The document suggests figures for a new prison that would house more inmates but add up to fewer square feet than Arkansas' current largest correctional facility. On Wednesday, Sen. Bryan King ...

A former Arkansas police officer who was fired after a video showed him allegedly beating a man handcuffed in the back of a patrol car was arrested last week. Joseph Tucker Harris, 29, was ...

Credit: Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate Opponents of the planned prison in Franklin County told ... Greg Leding and Clarke Tucker were also present. Afterward Leding, who represents Fayetteville ...

The proposed facility in Franklin County would be built on an 815-acre site purchased by the state late last year and would add 3,000 beds to Arkansas' prison system, if completed. However ...

As of Jan. 31, 2025, there were 314 people listed as Clark County inmates by the Arkansas Department of Corrections website. There were three fewer Clark County inmates since January began. The ...

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