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New Rocky Comfort Jail listed on the NRHP in Foreman, Little River County, Arkansas; Magazine City Hall-Jail listed on the NRHP in Magazine, Logan County, Arkansas; Old Logan County Jail listed on the NRHP in Paris, Logan County, Arkansas; Flippin City Jail listed on the NRHP in Flippin, Marion County, Arkansas; Prescott City Jail listed on the ...
By the 1960s, Arkansas was infamous for operating one of the most corrupt and dangerous prison systems in the nation. [15] Both Cummins and Tucker relied on the trusty system, which created a hierarchy of prisoners, with some designated as 'trusties' who the guards trusted with many of the day-to-day duties. [16]
On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Total U.S. incarceration peaked in 2008. [ 5 ] The U.S. incarceration rate was the highest in the world in 2008. [ 4 ]
Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a doctor who they said gave them the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to fight COVID-19 without their consent. A ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arkansas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 237 law enforcement agencies employing 6,779 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States. 31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female (Christina Marie Riggs).
A manhunt is underway for two inmates who escaped an Arkansas detention center this week, including a capital murder suspect. Noah Roush, 22, and Jatonia Bryant, 23, were discovered to be missing ...
The Arkansas and Missouri Railroad parallels US Highways 62 and 71 in the county. The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (commonly known as the "Frisco") was completed across Benton County in 1881. The Bentonville Railway Company operated a freight and passenger railroad between Rogers and Bentonville between 1883 and 1898. [26]