Arkansas Advocate: Officials estimate new prison cost at $825M; bill appropriating $750M filed
Arkansas lawmakers filed an appropriations bill to support construction of a Franklin County prison that officials estimated Monday will cost $825 million
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Arkansas Advocate: State lawmaker’s proposed prison alternative prioritizes county jails
Instead of building a 3,000-bed prison in Northwest Arkansas to reduce crowding in county jails, one senator said the state should fund local correctional facilities
Arkansas Advocate: Opponents of prison plan barred from meeting, say officials operate in secret
Two opponents of a prison planned for Franklin County were threatened with arrest for criminal trespassing on Tuesday and escorted out of a Arkansas Department of Corrections meeting, which they said they thought was open to the public
Arkansas Advocate commentary: Prison opponents demonstrate value, strength of public records law
A scrappy group of grassroots activists fighting to stop Gov. Sarah Sanders from imposing a 3,000-bed prison on bucolic Franklin County have shown once again how the FOIA can be a useful weapon for a David standing up to a Goliath
Arkansas Advocate: Organizations ink opposition to new state prison
Despite a public outcry about a lack of transparency surrounding the deal, the Arkansas Board of Corrections approved the state’s new land purchase