The Arkansas Department of Corrections has temporarily suspended a rule that would have prohibited inmates from receiving ...

A prison book ban that was set to go into effect for Arkansas inmates on Feb. 1 will not happen for now, Arkansas Department of Corrections spokesman Rand Champion confirmed Friday.

As of Feb. 3, 2026, there were 340 people listed as Clark County inmates by the Arkansas Department of Corrections website ...

Inmates in Arkansas prisons will be able to get books and periodicals shipped to them -- for now. The Department of ...

The new timeline is unclear because the rule will need to be updated.

Little Rock-based prison reform advocacy group decARcerate, along with Northwest Arkansas-based Arkansas Justice Reform ...

In addition to banning books, Arkansas corrections officials would prohibit magazines and newspapers from being sent to inmates. It would be the strictest ban in the U.S.

A lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas alleges that the state's parole revocation proceedings are unconstitutional, denying inmates their right to due ...

A state senator is calling for an investigation into what he called "fraud and corruption" adding up to millions of dollars ...

Starting next month, physical books and other printed materials mailed from outside will now be blocked. Here's what we know ...

A spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Corrections says a rule scheduled to go into effect next month banning outside ...

Arkansas has a new policy that bans books and other forms of physical media from being sent directly to prison inmates. Arkansas has introduced a policy banning the direct delivery of books, magazines ...