Arkansas prisons

Arkansas Capitol Building in Little Rock, AR

Arkansas Legislature opens 95th session to tackle 2,000+ bills, including budget and prison plans

Freda Ross

Arkansas lawmakers start the 95th session, focusing on education reforms, $300M in budget cuts, state worker pay, and a controversial prison plan.

Sen. Bryan King addresses reporters Wednesday about alternate prison funding plans.

Public Safety and Social Justice

Sen. Bryan King details alternate prison funding plan

Josie Lenora

Instead of building one prison in Charleston, money would be divided among already existing prisons.

A guard holds a drink while prisoners work in the field behind him at the Cummins Unit. This photo is from 1975, when folklorist and documentarian Bruce Jackson gained rare photographic access to daily life at Cummins.

COVID-19 Inside Arkansas Prisons: The Past and Future

Anna Stitt

I n a three-part series supported by the National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists, multimedia reporter Anna Stitt takes an...

Derick Coley and his daughter during a prison visit.

COVID-19 Inside Arkansas Prisons: The Death of Derick Coley

Anna Stitt

In a three-part series supported by the National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists, multimedia reporter Anna Stitt takes an...

2016 photos showing the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction, which is located near Grady.

COVID-19 Inside Arkansas Prisons: Virus Spreads Through Inmate Populations and Staff

Anna Stitt

In a three-part series supported by the National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists, multimedia reporter Anna Stitt takes an...