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We are often interviewed in the press. We understand this as a crucial part of our ongoing commitment to community education and work to help contextualize and frame the prison system and its interconnected systems in the press.
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Dec 15, 2024
The Arkansas Newswrap: December 13, 2024 (Announcing Failure to Obey)
KUAR | Daniel Breen and Matthew Moore A new report chronicles life and death inside solitary confinement in Arkansas’ prisons. The city...
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Dec 12, 2024
New report takes deep look at solitary confinement in Arkansas prisons
Arkansas Times I Griffen Coop DecARcerate Arkansas , a nonprofit focused on prisons and justice, has issued a detailed, first-hand...
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Dec 3, 2024
‘Left in the dark:’ Charleston prison plan draws unified opposition over lack of transparency
Ther Arkansas Traveler I Addie Jones When Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the state of Arkansas had purchased 815 acres near...
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Nov 10, 2024
Arkansas organizations sign letter in opposition to new prison
Arkansas Advocate I Antoinette Grajeda Seventeen Arkansas community organizations have signed on to a letter opposing construction of...
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Nov 10, 2024
Organizations across Arkansas sign letter of opposition to Franklin County prison
KNWA I Gabriella Phelan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The state of Arkansas is one step closer to seeing a new prison in the River...
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Nov 7, 2024
Charleston residents question state officials about proposed prison at Town Hall
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette I Penny Weaver Attendees listen to opening remarks, Thursday, Nov, 7, 2024, during a town hall...
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Oct 21, 2024
Forced Prison Labor Is on the Ballot
Jacobin I Scott W. Stern For millions of Americans, slavery is on the ballot this Election Day. To many, this fact may be surprising....
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Sep 6, 2024
DecARcerate organizing opposition to Sanders’ prison plan
Arkansas Times I Griffen Coop Leaders of an Arkansas prison reform organization said at a conference this morning they are working with...
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Sep 6, 2024
Robinson Center Theater holds annual De-Carcerate Conference
KARK Prison reform advocates gathered in downlown Little Rock Saturday for the annual De-Carcerate Conference. Watch Video Here.
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Sep 6, 2024
Arkansas policies make convicted felons more likely to reoffend, Pine Bluff lawmaker tells Little Rock conference
Arkansas Democrat Gazette I Ainsley Platt Conventional wisdom often goes that keeping guns out of criminals' hands reduces crime. But...
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Aug 28, 2024
Reform advocates headline upcoming DecARcerate conference
Arkansas Times I Griffen Coop The conference comes amid prison expansion talks in Arkansas, where officials announced plans last week...
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Sep 28, 2023
Issues That Matter: Boundaries of Justice: Exploring Prison Expansion, Overpopulation and Impact
KUAR I Daniel Breen Listen to the 1-Hour Audio Interview Arkansas’ prison population is growing, with more than 18,000 people currently...
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Mar 27, 2023
Constitutional amendments get first hearing in Arkansas House committee
KUAR | Ronak Patel / Talk Business & Politics After 33 resolutions were filed to refer various legislative initiatives to voters for the...
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Feb 24, 2023
Arkansas Advocate : Protesters gather at Arkansas Capitol to oppose wide range of legislation target
Arkansas Advocate I Tess Verbena A crowd of about 75 people gathered Thursday afternoon on the Arkansas Capitol steps so legislators...
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Jan 20, 2023
Prison reform groups call on Arkansas lawmakers to embrace proven ideas, not build new prisons
Arkansas Times l Lindsey Millar A coalition of groups advocating for criminal justice reform in Arkansas put out statements this week...
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Sep 17, 2022
Ex-inmate, sentenced as teen, tells Little Rock conference of her 32 years in prison
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette I Grant Lancaster Academics and activists, many of them former convicts, shared their experiences Saturday at...
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Jul 24, 2022
“The BOX” grapples with the inhumanities of solitary confinement
Arkansas Times I Mary Ruth Taylor An immersive play went up in Fayetteville this weekend, plunging audiences into the deep end of our...
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Apr 2, 2022
Peace coalition honors Briggs and decARcerate
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice awarded Anncha Briggs the Peace Activist of the Year and...
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Mar 28, 2022
Recidivism rates in Arkansas prisons ‘unacceptably high,’ Department of Corrections secretary says
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette I Stephen Simpson Arkansas' recidivism rates are "unacceptably high," the secretary of the Department of...
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Feb 14, 2022
Protests erupt over prison expansion during Gov. Hutchinson's final State of the State address
5 News Online I Micah Wilson & Haleigh Schmidt Watch Video Coverage here . LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Asa Hutchinson was in the middle...
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