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“The BOX” grapples with the inhumanities of solitary confinement
Arkansas Times I Mary Ruth Taylor An immersive play went up in Fayetteville this weekend, plunging audiences into the deep end of our...
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Jul 24, 2022
Peace coalition honors Briggs and decARcerate
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice awarded Anncha Briggs the Peace Activist of the Year and...
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Apr 2, 2022
Recidivism rates in Arkansas prisons ‘unacceptably high,’ Department of Corrections secretary says
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette I Stephen Simpson Arkansas' recidivism rates are "unacceptably high," the secretary of the Department of...
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Mar 28, 2022
Protests erupt over prison expansion during Gov. Hutchinson's final State of the State address
5 News Online I Micah Wilson & Haleigh Schmidt Watch Video Coverage here . LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Asa Hutchinson was in the middle...
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Feb 14, 2022
2 protestors arrested at State Capitol for demonstrating against prison bed expansion plan
KATV I Desmond Nugent LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A group of protestors who are a part of the organization "decARcerate" stood at the steps of...
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Feb 14, 2022
UPDATE: Protestors interrupt Gov. Asa Hutchinson address to object to prison expansion
KUAR I Michael Hibblen and Remington Miller Listen to this story at KAUR Groups opposed to a proposed expansion of a state prison at...
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Feb 13, 2022
Two groups object to governor’s push for state prison expansion
Arkansas Times I Max Brantley Apart from this space, I saw no one even bring up the possibility of an alternative to Governor...
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Feb 11, 2022
Governor wants to expand prison capacity in Arkansas
4029 TV I Brett Rains LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) is asking legislators to approve funding to expand capacity at...
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Feb 11, 2022
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