Andy Davis

Millions cut from prisons’ budget

Many state prison inmates remain in county jails

While more than 1,500 state prison inmates take up space in county jails, hundreds of prison beds now under construction in Malvern are likely to sit empty because the state has no money to staff them, state prison officials said Monday.
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Parents no-shows in Alamo case

A day after a couple who belong to the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries failed to show up for a hearing on the custody status of their children, including a 4-month-old boy, an advocate for the parents said in an interview that she has not heard from the parents and has no idea where they are.
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Gag order tight at church kids hearing

Testimony in 2nd day on 9 taken from Alamo ministry in ’08 traffic stop

On the second day of hearings on the custody status of children who were removed from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, a judge admonished attorneys, witnesses and other to abide by his gag order, which bars participants from commenting on the proceedings.
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2 Alamo dads said to face loss of children

Arkansas child-welfare officials recommended Monday that the parental rights of two more fathers who are members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries be terminated, a move that would clear the men’s children to be put up for adoption, an advocate for the parents said Monday.
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Fugitive in Alamo case told to pay 2

Beaten teens get $3 million award

Calling the abuse that two former members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries say they endured “almost beyond my comprehension,” a judge Thursday entered a default judgment against a fugitive described as the ministry’s disciplinarian and ordered him to pay the two teenagers $3 million in damages.
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Fire destroys LR’s University Park Adult Leisure Center

Fire investigators will return to the University Park Adult Leisure Center this morning to try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed the center early Sunday, authorities said.
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300 at rally hear call to end teen violence

About 300 people from across the state gathered on the steps of the state Capitol on Sunday for a rally calling for an end to bullying and teen violence.
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E-mail project for 2 state prisons OK’d

The state Board of Corrections on Tuesday approved a pilot project that will allow inmates at two state prisons to receive electronic messages.
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Access to e-mail in prisons proposed

Arkansas prison inmates would be able to receive — but not send — e-mails, possibly with photographs attached, under a proposal being considered by the Board of Corrections today.
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Offender promised parole bid to end suit

As part of a settlement in a lawsuit, the Arkansas Department of Correction has agreed to recommend that an inmate serving time for sexual assault be considered for parole despite his failure to complete a treatment program for sex offenders.
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