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

"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 ...

The Board of Corrections voted Friday to approve the purchase of an 815-acre property in Charleston with plans to build build ...