A prison book ban that was set to go into effect for Arkansas inmates on Feb. 1 will not happen for now, Arkansas Department of Corrections spokesman Rand Champion confirmed Friday.

A state senator is calling for an investigation into what he called "fraud and corruption" adding up to millions of dollars ...

Starting Feb. 1, the policy bans families, publishers, and faith groups from sending reading material to incarcerated people in Arkansas.

In addition to banning books, Arkansas corrections officials would prohibit magazines and newspapers from being sent to inmates. It would be the strictest ban in the U.S.

Little Rock-based prison reform advocacy group decARcerate, along with Northwest Arkansas-based Arkansas Justice Reform ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ new appointees to the Board of Corrections moved swiftly Friday to assert control of ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Pulaski County court ruled in favor of the Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC), striking down laws that aimed to shift control of the Department of Corrections over to Governor ...

A new member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections comes from a background of working in politics, with no prior positions or experience in jails, prisons or correctional facilities, and the ...

The new timeline is unclear because the rule will need to be updated.

Selected Arkansas corrections officers will be permitted to question immigrant detainees, carry out warrants and issue immigrant detainers under an agreement with federal authorities to collaborate on ...