If ruled a suicide, the death marks the eighth inmate to take his or her own life behind bars in Arkansas state prisons this year.
Department of Correction
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Department of Correction restricts inmate mail to three pages, no large cards
Arkansas Department of Correction is restricting mail to inmates in order to fight contraband from entering prisons
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Another bundle of cash requested for Arkansas prisons
The AP reported yesterday that the PEER subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council signed off on a request from Gov. Asa Hutchinson for yet more money for prison beds: $7.4 million to open an additional 200 spaces in Pine Bluff, plus $2.6 million from state reserves for housing more inmates in Bowie County, Texas.