County sheriffs, corrections leaders and state lawmakers agree the Arkansas justice system needs more space to house ...

Arkansas lawmakers gathered in Rogers on Wednesday to discuss the state’s growing jail and prison overcrowding problem, with ...

More prison beds will be needed as a result of recent legislation, further exacerbating current overcrowding issues in state ...

A Oklahoma man will spend the next 25 years in prison for using a shotgun to commit a robbery at Barnett's Dairyette in ...

Scotty Gardner, an admitted murderer, has asked the state of Arkansas to restart executions to complete his death sentence.

A Rogers woman accused of abducting eight children and taking them to California pleaded guilty to half of her initial ...

A 32-year-old Alma man with previous sex crime convictions was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison after he pleaded ...

Hobe Runion of Sebastian County, Jay Cantrell of Washington County, John Staley of Lonoke County, and Shawn Holloway of Benton County were among the sheriffs that appeared alongside Scott Bradley, the ...

Additional employees at an Arkansas prison have been disciplined for not following procedures at a prison where an inmate ...

An automated inmate classification system incorrectly identified a former police chief and convicted murderer as a ...

On Monday, Division of Correction Director Dexter Payne answered questions about the escape of inmate Grant Hardin earlier ...

An Arkansas woman accused of abducting eight children and taking them to California pleaded guilty to multiple charges; however, she avoided prison time, according to court documents.