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| Population jump perplexing |
| By Arkansas News Bureau |
| Published: 04/30/2008 |
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ARKANSAS - Since January the state prison population has averaged 108 new inmates a month, more than three times the monthly average over the past 10 years, the state Board of Corrections heard Tuesday. Officials were at a lost to explain the spike in numbers. "We're not sure what's going on," state Prison Director Larry Norris said, hinting during the board's monthly meeting he might ask the Legislature next year for additional funding to build a new prison. Also Tuesday, the board attended a dedication ceremony and renamed the old Jefferson County jail as the Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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