The Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved an 815-acre site where it plans to build a new prison, despite objections from some residents.

The Board of Corrections is set to vote Friday morning on whether or not to build a new prison facility in Franklin County.

Shelby Johnson, the state’s Geographic Information Officer, explained that the main criteria when looking for a location for ...

The Franklin County city of Charleston is set to have a new 3,000-bed prison built there. Residents say they don't want it.

The Board of Corrections on Friday, November 8, 2024 accepted land in rural west as the site of a planned prison of up to ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Board of Corrections has voted to build a new prison in Charleston in a Friday morning ...

During Thursday’s town hall in Charleston, Sen. Gary Stubblefield, R-Branch, suggested that legal action might be pursued to ...

Arkansas Sen. Bryan King (District 28) expresses his concerns about how the governor's office and the Department of Corrections have selected Franklin County for a new 3,000-bed prison after a town ...

The Board of Corrections voted Friday to approve the purchase of an 815-acre property in Charleston with plans to build build ...

"For Charleston, Franklin County, and the River Valley, it will offer hundreds of permanent, recession-proof jobs and millions of dollars in investment," Sanders said. The board voted 6-1 in favor of ...

A Charleston County judge has sentenced a Huger man to 18 years in prison for a 2018 police chase that ended with a crash ...