Arkansas is considering the strictest book ban in the country, which would forbid all outside books, magazine and newspapers ...

Big House Books hosts a Jackson, Mississippi panel at Lemuria Bookstore on promoting prison literacy, featuring community ...

The Arkansas Department of Corrections at a Sept. 2, 2025 meeting Credit: Brian Chilson A prison book ban that was set to go into effect for Arkansas inmates on Feb. 1 will not happen for now, ...

"Accomplices to the Crime" is penologist Thomas O. Murton's 1969 nonfiction account of his efforts to reform the Arkansas prisons during the administration of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. The book ...

Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...