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 ...

Prosecutors originally offered Tucker the plea in June 2022. It would cap his sentence at a maximum 40-year prison term and ...

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

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

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

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.

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

The Board of Corrections plans to vote on Nov. 8 on building a state 3,000-bed prison in Charleston that has garnered ...

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 3,000-bed facility will be Arkansas' newest and biggest prison, but area residents are concerned about how it could ...

At the meeting, officials confirmed the Board of Corrections will on vote the proposed prison plan Friday, Nov. 8.