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Arkansas Board of Corrections member tells legislators a 3,000-bed prison is not needed
Arkansas Board of Corrections member Lee Watson has sent an email to legislators and other members of the BOC, opposing the proposed 3,000-bed prison for the state and calling for a more prudent path ...
UPDATED: Arkansas prison board member calls for less expensive options to 3,000-bed penitentiary
A member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections challenged legislators about the need for a new 3,000-bed prison and offered ...
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Arkansas' prison plan is too big, board member claims
Arkansas doesn't need a 3,000-bed prison, a member of the state Board of Corrections wrote in an email sent to lawmakers ...
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Arkansas Board of Corrections member calls for alternatives to Franklin County prison project
A member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections told lawmakers in a letter that the state needs a new prison, but something ...
Corrections board member comes out against proposed Franklin County prison
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An email from Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC) member Lee Watson to legislators calls for a different ...
Republican senator challenges Arkansas prison project over 'woke' companies
Sen. Bryan King urges Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to cut ties with 'woke' companies linked to the proposed Arkansas prison ...
2 Arkansas Prison Workers Are Fired in Wake of Convicted Murderer’s Escape
The employees unwittingly helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief, walk out of a prison in May, dressed in a fake law ...
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Arkansas prison board member calls for less expensive options to 3,000-bed penitentiary
A smaller prison in western or NW Arkansas and completion of a planned addition in Calico Rock would be better, Lee Watson ...