Overcrowded: Tighter parole, probation rules set stage for Arkansas prison population increases

Overcrowded: Tighter parole, probation rules set stage for Arkansas prison population increases

Housing convicted offenders poses a major challenge for Arkansas officials amid a growing prison population fueled primarily by parolees who return to incarceration within three years. From left, moving clockwise: former Department of Corrections secretary and current special adviser to the governor Joe Profiri, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Board of Corrections Chairman Benny Magness, and Corrections Secretary Lindsay Wallace.(Photos by Mary Hen…