Greene County Jail Begins Accepting Inmates

PARAGOULD, Ark. — The first phase of the $16.5 expansion project at the Greene County Detention Center was officially completed and began accepting inmates last month, about five months after the jail held its official ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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Judge Opposes Arkansas Board of Corrections Prison Decision

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen opposes a recent decision made by the Arkansas Board of Corrections to spend millions of dollars constructing a new prison. Judge Griffen opposes the decision so much that he wrote a letter to Gov. Mike Beebe asking him to oppose it.

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