Arkansas prison board to politicians: Stop making everything political

January 17, 2024 at 8:04 p.m.

by Bill Bowden

FILE - A prisoner stands inside an isolation cell at the Dane County Jail in Madison, Wis., Sept. 16, 2014. Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin and other states are pushing to increase the use of cash bail and pretrial detention. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
FILE - A prisoner stands inside an isolation cell at the Dane County Jail in Madison, Wis., Sept. 16, 2014. Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin and other states are pushing to increase the use of cash bail and pretrial detention. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)


Arkansas Board of Corrections member Lee Watson wrote an open letter to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and others on Wednesday saying he objects to what appear to be efforts to politicize the non-political board.

"Today,

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