An automated inmate classification system incorrectly identified a former police chief and convicted murderer as a ...

Several Arkansas death row inmates have sued the state to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas.

GOULD, Ark. (KY3) -Video footage shows recaptured inmate Grant Hardin arriving at the Varner Unit SuperMax prison. The video, provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections, shows the “Devil ...

UPDATE: Inmate assaults at Tucker Max and Varner prisons by Max Brantley September 28, 2017 8:20 pmMarch 19, 2024 10:01 pm ...

Convicted murderer and rapist Grant Hardin was found at about 3 p.m. on June 6 west of the North Central Unit state prison near Moccasin Creek in Izard County, Arkansas Department of Corrections ...

Though Hardin was previously thought to have left the state, Champion said investigators now believe he never got very far at all from the prison. He was fingerprinted and assessed at the North ...

Prisoners walk through a yard at the Varner Unit of Arkansas' Department of Corrections, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, in Gould, Ark. Credit: AP/John Locher ...

VARNER -- As Gov. Asa Hutchinson tried out a virtual excavator inside the Arkansas Correctional School District campus at the Varner Unit, he let out a "woo!" after pulling up just a few rocks.

VARNER -- As Gov. Asa Hutchinson tried out a virtual excavator inside the Arkansas Correctional School District campus at the Varner Unit, he let out a "woo!" after pulling up just a few rocks.

Eighteen students at the Varner Unit in Grady graduated Friday with bachelor’s degrees in Christian Studies from The College at Mid-America, an accredited four-year college with a campus in Memphis.

Arkansas State Police are investigating after an inmate at the state's Varner Unit was found dead in his cell Thursday morning, according to a release from the state Department of Corrections.

Arkansas State Police are investigating after an inmate at the state's Varner Unit was found dead in his cell Thursday morning, according to a release from the state Department of Corrections.