Lindsay Wallace, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, at a meeting in North Little Rock on July 26, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate) In an attempt to relieve pressure from crowded county jails while the completion of a new 3,000-bed prison facility remains in the distant future, the Arkansas Department of Corrections and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders have turned their focus to immediate expansions.