A week ago, residents in this community learned that the State of Arkansas purchased 815 acres near Vesta with a plan to ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections voted Friday to approve a prison in Charleston, and their final decision is unsettling to ...

A $2 million land purchase near Charleston for a proposed state prison has sparked strong opposition in the small Franklin ...

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

The location in Charleston was selected after it was under review for several months, Profiri said. One of the key elements ...

A former correctional officer at the Southern Regional Jail pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with an assault that led ...

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

A Charleston County judge has sentenced a Huger man to 18 years in prison for a 2018 police chase that ended with a crash ...

The Franklin County city of Charleston is set to have a new 3,000-bed prison built there. Residents say they don't want it.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday approved an 815-acre site for a planned prison to hold 3,000 inmates, despite ...

If similar projects in other states are any guide, the price of a 3,000-bed prison could approach $1 billion, more than twice what Sanders has said.

UPDATE: The Board of Corrections voted Friday morning to approve land in Franklin County as a prison facility. The vote was 5 ...