The new chairman of the panel overseeing Arkansas’ prison system requested permission from the attorney general Tuesday for the board to hire a new attorney to represent it in two lawsuits ... .
Sources at two government contractors told NBCNews they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems ... .
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas sued top prison officials in federal court Monday, alleging that the state’s parole revocation procedures unconstitutionally deprive people of their due process rights ... .