Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The entrance to the Franklin County prison site on Nov. 13, 2025. (Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate) On October 31, 2024, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Progress on the Franklin County prison project is on hold, following years of legal back-and-forth between local residents and ...

Consultants and planning staff for the new Lancaster County prison project recommended Thursday that the county commissioners no longer segregate a proposed central processing area, work release unit ...

A year and a half after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced plans for a 3,000-bed mega-prison in Franklin County, the project appears to be stalled, with the governor now floating the idea of other ...

Arkansas hasn't done an on-site cultural survey of the land where a proposed new prison in Franklin County would be located, to ensure there aren't Native American artifacts or grave sites. The only ...