Eleven months into a contract with a California-based prison building consultant, Arkansas has paid the company $952,000 and twice issued warnings about spending excesses. The second admonition says ...

The race to win the Republican nomination for a vacant Arkansas Senate seat at the center of the contentious Franklin County prison project appears headed toward a runoff, with two candidates holding ...

There is a game camera trained on the entrance to the proposed prison site in Franklin County. It has captured mysterious vehicles, a crow walking down the middle of the highway and two candidates for ...

The union for correction officers at Franklin County Jail is calling on the county to address their staffing shortages ...

There is a game camera trained on the entrance to the proposed prison site in Franklin County. It has captured mysterious vehicles, a crow walking down the middle of the highway and two candidates for ...

Members of Ozark’s city council unanimously voted on Monday against starting discussions with the state to potentially supply water for a planned 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County. City Councilor ...

MAJOR STICKING POINT FOR THE CITY. MONDAY NIGHT'S OZARK CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS FILLED WITH THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED FRANKLIN COUNTY PRISON. INCLUDING, MARILYN MOORE, WHO SAYS SHE LIVES IN ...

Understaffing at Franklin County Jail is leading to a safety and fiscal crisis inside the facility, according to the correctional officers’ union. “You come into a facility like this, and you might ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Signs of opposition to the Franklin County prison decorated the fence directly across the street from the prison site's entrance ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– Franklin County corrections officers are sounding the alarm about what they say is a staffing emergency. Nearly 50% of positions at the Franklin County Jail are currently ...