Arkansas committee concludes probe of Corrections Board’s hiring of outside counsel • Arkansas Advocate
An Arkansas legislative panel will meet today to vote on next steps after concluding its investigation of potential violations of procurement law by the state Board of Corrections. The Joint Performance Review Committee has spent three meetings this month examining the board’s hiring of attorney Abtin Mehdizadegan to represent it in litigation with the state. […]
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Tracy Dowell appointed interim superintendent of Arkansas prisons school district
The Arkansas Correctional School District Board on Wednesday appointed Deputy Superintendent Tracy Dowell as interim superintendent and voted to advertise for a permanent superintendent. The superintendent’s position became vacant last week with the sudden death of William “Bill” Glover, 71, who had been superintendent since 2015. Glover had been with the district since 1976, serving […]
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Arkansas governor taps new corrections secretary after conversations with prison board members
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed the Department of Corrections’ chief of staff to take over the prisons agency as its cabinet secretary on Thursday. Sanders’ appointment of Lindsay Wallace, who has been the agency’s chief of staff since 2020, came a day after the Republican governor spoke with each member of the Arkansas Board of […]
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Arkansas prison board votes to name former state senator interim corrections secretary
The Arkansas Board of Corrections voted Wednesday to hire a former Republican state senator as the prison system’s interim head. The vote — which wasn’t included on the meeting’s agenda and required a suspension of the board’s rules — to make former Sen. Eddie Joe Williams of Cabot the interim secretary of the Department of […]
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Judge dismisses Arkansas AG’s FOIA lawsuit against prison board
A Central Arkansas judge dismissed Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin’s complaint against the state prison board Monday after a hearing in which the judge chided Griffin’s staff attorneys for wasting taxpayers’ money with the six-week lawsuit. Griffin alleged last month that the Arkansas Board of Corrections violated the state Freedom of Information Act and improperly […]
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Sanders vs. Arkansas Board of Corrections: Legal tensions rise over authority issues
Sanders vs. Arkansas Board of Corrections: Legal tensions rise over authority issues | KATVPlease ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes ofwebsite accessibility Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:25:21 GMT (1705073121595) 19eea99bbb4f7d90521f9904d62df1d502d2a5b7 8d110d3d21a6ad02355b23061e4ddf5f15ece284 Fallback Presentation. Using deprecated PresentationRouter. Click Here For This Articles Original Source.
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Arkansas will add more state prison beds despite officials’ fears about understaffing
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration has taken action to reduce overcrowding at state prisons by adding hundreds of new beds, going over the heads of corrections officials who had said staffing shortages would make it unsafe to add so many new prisoners all at once. The extra space is needed, […]
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Governor Sanders, Arkansas leaders call on Board of Corrections to open bed space
Governor Sanders, Arkansas leaders call on Board of Corrections to open bed space | KATVPlease ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes ofwebsite accessibility Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:02:16 GMT (1700254936880) 6791766af41e710e4b2f28893ca799d8ba95d809 fae0b8cf13d31cc0333befed8702566d78ef17a8 Fallback Presentation. Using deprecated PresentationRouter. Click Here For This Articles Original Source.
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