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

ARKANSAS, USA — A New York man who received a presidential pardon for his federal crimes reported to the Arkansas Department of Corrections this month after a judge denied his request to delay the ...

Annual deaths are on the rise in the Arkansas prison system, nearly doubling between 2022 and 2025. There were 59 deaths in Arkansas prisons in 2021 referred to Arkansas State Police. That figure has ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections unanimously voted Friday to rename the North Central Unit in Calico Rock in honor of outgoing Chairman Benny Magness and to ban externally purchased books, magazines ...

CALICO ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — One of Arkansas’ prisons is set to be renamed in the coming months. On Friday, the Arkansas Board of Corrections unanimously voted to rename the North Central Unit, ...

The Arkansas Department of Corrections headquarters in North Little Rock on Dec. 14, 2025. (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate) Violet White’s experience in the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...

Ruby Welch assists a student at Arkansas Beauty School in Little Rock on Dec. 10, 2025. Welch is one of the many formerly incarcerated Arkansans who stays tied to the criminal justice system after ...

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is proposing changes to regulatory rules, including amendments to the Arkansas Rules on Pesticide Use that would establish a new classification of pesticide ...