Twisting in the wind: A missed opportunity for the Sanders administration to defend its prison plans

Former Arkansas Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri, left, listens as Gov.Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks about criminal justice legislation during a news conference at the State Capitol on March 28, 2023. (John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)

Gov. Sarah Sanders’ quest to build a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County has been so beset with shifting explanations, tactical missteps and public relations blunders that it’s hard to imagine administration officials could do anything to make matters worse.

Until they did…

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