VARNER -- As Gov. Asa Hutchinson tried out a virtual excavator inside the Arkansas Correctional School District campus at the Varner Unit, he let out a "woo!" after pulling up just a few rocks. "I got ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas correction officials say three inmates at the Varner unit are dead and others have been treated for unknown reasons. One mother is trying to understand how her son died ...

An officer shot and wounded an inmate trying to escape at the Varner Supermax Unit, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.The inmate was on field duty when they attempted to flee the ...

VARNER -- Near the high-voltage fence separating this state penitentiary from the outside world, there's now a new 5,000-square-feet educational building -- the future home of Arkansas' only prison ...

A year after more than 30 neglected dogs and cats were rescued from a Jacksonville home, the house at the center of the investigation has been demolished.Crews Suspect in fatal May 27 shooting of ...

BUTLERVILLE, Ark. (KATV) — Another family recently contacted KATV to share that their loved one died in prison. Once again, the cause of death has been linked to the synthetic drug K2. We got a tip in ...

GOULD, Ark. (KY3) -Video footage shows recaptured inmate Grant Hardin arriving at the Varner Unit SuperMax prison. The video, provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections, shows the “Devil in ...

Two prisoners at Arkansas' Varner Unit were found unresponsive in their cells Wednesday morning and later died, a prison official confirmed, raising to five the total number of deaths at the prison ...

GRADY, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Department of Correction says a state prison inmate at the department's Varner Unit at Grady has died. Department spokeswoman Shea Wilson said Wednesday that ...