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.

Residents are hoping to get some answers and maybe encouraged the Arkansas Board of Corrections to rethink a prison near ...

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 news of a new prison being built in Charleston has not been a welcome revelation to many in the area with almost 1,700 ...

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.

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