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Escaped Inmate Antarian Wright Recaptured in Texarkana

UPDATE: Escaped inmate Antarian Wright, ADC #658088, was successfully recaptured without incident around 10 a.m. Thursday morning following an overnight manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Wright, 30, had escaped from the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) Texarkana Work Release Center after failing to return from... Read More.
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Inmate Faces New Charges After Jail Stabbing Incident

By Ray King A $25,000 cash only bond was set Wednesday for a detainee at the adult detention center accused of stabbing another inmate during an altercation. Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge Jason Lawrence,... Read More.

Manhunt in Dumas for Escaped Inmate

On May 17, 2025, Zquavious Croom, 18, escaped from the Dumas Police Department intake area during the booking process. Croom, a Black male described as 5’7” and approximately 170 pounds, was being processed on charges of Aggravated Assault and Terroristic Threatening. Though unarmed at the... Read More.
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Inmate found dead at Cummins Unit

GOULD — An inmate with the Department of Corrections in the Cummins Unit was found dead in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 11. Arkansas State Police was contacted by the DOC to investigate the case, which is being investigated as a homicide. ASP Criminal Investigation Division... Read More.
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Inmate at Varner dead in work related incident

An inmate at the Arkansas Department of Corrections Varner Unit in Lincoln County died Friday after he was electrocuted, according to officials with the Arkansas Board of Corrections. In a release, the Board of Corrections says that 53-year-old inmate Brian Walker was working maintenance and... Read More.

Inmate featured in Netflix doc dies in Pine Bluff.

John "Eastside" McAllister, featured in the controversial Netflix documentary "Unlocked" has died at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He had been transferred to the Williams Correctional Center, where has was serving a three year sentence after being convicted on 10 felony counts related to drugs,... Read More.
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Court of Appeals turns down inmate appeal of dug sentence

By Ray King The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected claims by an inmate that there was not enough evidence to support his conviction. A Jefferson County jury convicted Joshua Branch, 37, of one count of furnishing prohibited articles and sentenced him to 20 years... Read More.