The Arkansas Board of Corrections approved a new prison in an effort to alleviate a backlog of state prisoners.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved an 815-acre site where it plans to build a new prison, despite objections from some residents.

The state of Arkansas is one step closer to seeing a new prison in the River Valley, but many across the state are joining ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections voted to approve a new prison in Franklin County despite opposition from residents.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections voted Friday morning to approve the purchase of land in Franklin County to build a new ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Nov. 11, legal counsel representing Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders denied a Freedom of ...

President-elect Donald Trump says that he wants ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to represent America's interests in the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Board of Corrections has voted to build a new prison in Charleston in a Friday morning ...

This comes after Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced last week that the State of Arkansas had purchased land in Charleston to build a prison that can hold as many as 3,000 inmates.

The board voted to accept the land that the state had purchased for nearly $3 million to build a prison that Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and corrections officials say is needed to ease ...

The Board of Corrections plans to vote on Nov. 8 on building a state 3,000-bed prison in Charleston that has garnered ...

"For Charleston, Franklin County, and the River Valley, it will offer hundreds of permanent, recession-proof jobs and millions of dollars in investment," Sanders said. The board voted 6-1 in favor of ...