Arkansas Department of Corrections increases beds in effort to reduce the backlog of state inmates in county jails

County officials seek more relief

Inmates rest in their cells at the Ouachita River Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections in Malvern in this August 2004 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette file photo)


The Arkansas Department of Corrections has recently added roughly 500 beds to existing facilities, an effort local officials have supported but say hasn't gone far enough to address the backlog of state inmates held in county jails.

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