Arkansas strengthens prison system by acquiring Mississippi County and Phillips County jails in response to overcrowding crisis

Little Rock, Arkansas – The Arkansas Board of Corrections has taken major action by acquiring control over two county correctional facilities in a strategic attempt to alleviate the ongoing overcrowding in state prisons. The decision came from a Thursday vote that further underlines the state’s continuous attempts to boost inmate capacity and improve penitentiary administration.

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