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Hearing set today on ACLU’s lawsuit over coronavirus danger in state prisons
Arkansas Times I Max Brantley Federal Judge Kristine Baker has set a hearing at 2 p.m. today on the ACLU’s request for a temporary...
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Apr 27, 2020


With Prison Visitation Suspended Due to Covid-19, Families Say Phone Calls Should Be Free.
Telecommunications companies that serve prisons and jails, like Securus Technologies and Global Tel Link, are offering a limited number...
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Apr 2, 2020


State lawmakers OK pact for private lockup; final vote set
NWA Online I John Moritz A private prison company's plans to build a first-of-its-kind jail in southeast Arkansas received its...
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Dec 18, 2019


Cutting Arkansas’ prison population in half by 2025 is goal of ACLU plan
FOX 16 LITTLE ROCK — The ACLU of Arkansas today released a report outlining a series of reforms to reduce the number of people...
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Oct 3, 2019


Group protests arming security guards in the LRSD
Arkansas Times I Leslie Newell Peacock Community activists with Grassroots Arkansas announced their opposition today to arming security...
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Jul 15, 2019


Former Arkansas inmate shedding light on juvenile justice reform
KATV I Marine Gilsovic LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — In hopes of shedding light on new legislation that's expanding opportunities for Arkansas...
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May 12, 2019


Too Poor To Pay- How Arkansas’s Offender Funded Justice System Drives Poverty & Mass Incarceration
The Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Prison population rates, of which the United States has the highest in the world, are often cited...
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Mar 19, 2019


Big news today from the U.S. Supreme Court. It ruled unanimously that the Constitution limits govern
Big news today from the U.S. Supreme Court. It ruled unanimously that the Constitution limits governments in taking private property used...
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Feb 21, 2019
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