Arkansas Department of Corrections Secretary Lindsay Wallace said Friday the agency is looking into addressing a backlog in jails caused by placement of state inmates in county facilities by making use of "nontraditional beds" in such places as those used for work release programs.
The chief financial officer for the state Department of Corrections told lawmakers on Thursday he doesn t believe the Board of Corrections intentionally violated state rules when it entered into a contract with outside legal counsel before filing a lawsuit against the governor and a former Department of Corrections secretary.
The chief financial officer for the state Department of Corrections told lawmakers on Thursday he doesn t believe the Board of Corrections intentionally violated state rules when it entered into a contract with outside legal counsel before filing a lawsuit against the governor and a former Department of Corrections secretary.
Arkansas Board of Corrections Chairman Benny Magness told lawmakers Thursday that he took responsibility for "any error" in how the board contracted with outside legal counsel a week before filing a lawsuit against the governor and a former Department of Corrections secretary.
Arkansas Board of Corrections Chairman Benny Magness told lawmakers on Thursday that "any error" over how the board contracted with outside legal counsel "falls on me."