Arkansas
This is part of an ongoing feud between the governor and Chairman Benny Magness over the state’s prison system
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is calling for the chairman of the Arkansas Board of Corrections to resign. This follows a dispute over the lack of prison space.Chairman Benny Magness asked the governor to send the National Guard to help staff prisons. She denied that request and said the chairman is playing politics and should […]
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Arkansas
Arkansas governor attacks Corrections Board over denial of plan to add 500 prison beds
Arkansas’ governor and top criminal justice officials leveled a public broadside against the State Board of Corrections over disagreement on a plan to expand the state’s prison capacity. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a Friday morning news conference said the board last week refused to approve Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri’s plan to add 500 beds […]
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