A week ago, residents in this community learned that the State of Arkansas purchased 815 acres near Vesta with a plan to ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections voted Friday to approve a prison in Charleston, and their final decision is unsettling to ...

A $2 million land purchase near Charleston for a proposed state prison has sparked strong opposition in the small Franklin ...

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

The location in Charleston was selected after it was under review for several months, Profiri said. One of the key elements ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections approved a new prison in an effort to alleviate a backlog of state prisoners.

A former correctional officer at the Southern Regional Jail pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with an assault that led ...

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

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 Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday approved an 815-acre site for a planned prison to hold 3,000 inmates, despite ...

If similar projects in other states are any guide, the price of a 3,000-bed prison could approach $1 billion, more than twice what Sanders has said.

UPDATE: The Board of Corrections voted Friday morning to approve land in Franklin County as a prison facility. The vote was 5 ...