Grant Hardin was let out of a secure gate at the North Central Unit near Calico Rock while dressed in a makeshift uniform.

The city’s Board of Corrections has formed a committee to explore the consequences of a proposal that would effectively ban people held in city jails from receiving physical mail and packages, it ...

The Corrections Board and Sanders are locked in litigation over two laws adopted in 2023. One shifts authority over the Department of Corrections secretary from the board to the governor's ...

The executive director of the city Board of Correction has resigned amid accusations the 70-year-old agency is trying to portray the Department of Correction “in a negative light,” acco… ...

Joe Profiri, Wallace’s predecessor who was fired by the Board of Corrections in January, had a salary of $210,000.13 while serving in the role, according to Arkansas’ transparency website.

Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri must continue answering to the Board of Corrections for the time being, rather than to Gov. Sarah Sanders, despite a new state law that transfers authority over ...

Board of Corrections members have “ been against the Protect Act since the beginning,” Sanders said Friday. “It’s time for the Board of Corrections to do what’s needed to protect our people.