Fix for aging Arkansas prison wastewater plant years behind schedule

Arkansas Board of Corrections enacts policy to hold inmates in other states, seeks to close legal loophole | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas doesn't have a legal way to bring someone back to the state to serve prison time if they are released by authorities elsewhere, but Tuesday the Board of Corrections gave themselves the power to ask other states to hold inmates about to be released so they can be returned to Arkansas to serve out their prison sentences.

Fix for aging Arkansas prison wastewater plant years behind schedule

The Cummins-Varner Wastewater Treatment Plant is old, deteriorating and overdue for an upgrade or replacement. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Corrections, graphic by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)The Arkansas Department of Corrections has made little discernible progress in fixing an aging wastewater plant that regularly violates its federal water permit, public records show. The department missed a 2024 deadline for completing repairs t…