The Arkansas Department of Corrections admonished prison designer Vanir about charging the state for alcohol, upgrades on ...

The Franklin County Commissioners will hold a public meeting on Thursday, Aug. 21, at Fannett-Metal Elementary School.

Talks about the city supplying the planned Franklin County state prison with water are preliminary, but the Water Utilities ...

A couple of people in or around what I'll call the corrections community--not that they're in prison, but that they're in the ...

A member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections told lawmakers in a letter that the state needs a new prison, but something ...

Gov. Sanders continues to back a prison site in Franklin County, but lack of permits, water and cultural surveys draw ...

A member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections challenged legislators about the need for a new 3,000-bed prison and offered ...

Arkansas Board of Corrections member Lee Watson has sent an email to legislators and other members of the BOC, opposing the ...

At a special meeting on Thursday morning, the Arkansas Board of Corrections authorized spending up to $50,000 to drill two test wells on the proposed site of a new prison in Franklin County to ...

The governor remains steadfast on the proposed $1 billion prison, despite local pushback and funding questions.

An engineering firm says the Fort Smith's water infrastructure is not equipped to supply the prison's water needs.