Some low-risk inmates serving their sentence at an Arkansas Division of Correction facility will be eligible to be transferred to a Division of Community Correction center thanks to a new measure addressing overcrowding in the state's prisons and county jails.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, citing a 10-year projection of inmate population growth, said Thursday he wants to use surplus general revenue to expand a prison the North Central Unit in Calico Rock by about 498 beds.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, citing a 10-year projection of inmate population growth, said Thursday he wants to use surplus general revenue to expand a prison the North Central Unit in Calico Rock by about 498 beds.
The two inmates who were sent to the hospital late Wednesday during a prison disturbance were treated for multiple lacerations, as more details come out about what happened at the North Central Unit at Calico Rock.
The two inmates who were sent to the hospital late Wednesday during a prison disturbance were treated for multiple lacerations, as more details come out about what happened at the North Central Unit at Calico Rock.