Concerns about employees and economic impact have been widespread since the state Department of Corrections announced it plans to close Rockview, but prison advocates say there are other factors to ...

“Don’t get me wrong, there were really bad times - and the visits especially ... of people outside view prisoners from a place of fear. People in prison are still people, and it’s in ...

Credit: Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate Opponents of the planned prison in Franklin County told a bipartisan gathering of lawmakers Tuesday that the expected penitentiary is not just a bad deal ...

The conditions are seen as substandard by many. AP reports that some judges have refused to send people to the prison because conditions are so bad. In 2019 the prison was without power and heat ...