The state prisons board on Thursday approved sending out a request for general contractors to submit proposals to build a new ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC) met on April 3 to discuss the ongoing Franklin County prison ...

The bill received three more “no” votes today than it did yesterday, when the Senate first considered the bill.

As the clock ticks down on the 2025 legislative Ssession, Republicans in favor of building a new prison in western Arkansas ...

Arkansas Senate rejects $750M funding for a 3,000-bed Franklin County prison as two votes on the bill fall short amid cost concerns and opposition.

For the third time this week, a bill to appropriate up to $750 million for a new Franklin County prison failed in the ...

The Franklin County Common Pleas Court is starting a new program to help inmatres freed under judicial release better ...

The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas has a new pilot program designed to support convicted felons after they get out of ...

The Arkansas State Senate on Tuesday (April 1) defeated an appropriation bill that would have provided $750 million in ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT/KARK) - Arkansas lawmakers voted down an appropriation bill for a new state prison. According to our content partner KARK, the bill is part of the larger $825 million ...

The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday rejected a $750 million appropriation bill to support construction of a 3,000-bed prison in ...

The bill failed on Tuesday with a 19-10 vote, failed again on Wednesday with an 18-13 vote, and failed a third time on ...