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.
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 Joint Budget Committee on Thursday authorized the Bureau of Legislative Research staff to draft legislation to appropriate $4.2 million to the state Department of Corrections to reimburse county jails for holding state inmates and to fund the appropriation with $4.2 million in state general revenue.
The Joint Budget Committee on Thursday authorized the Bureau of Legislative Research staff to draft legislation to appropriate $4.2 million to the state Department of Corrections to reimburse county jails for holding state inmates and to fund the appropriation with $4.2 million in state general revenue.
Arkansas lawmakers debated Thursday whether to give the state Department of Corrections extra money during the current fiscal year to be distributed to county jails as reimbursement for housing state