In January, prison officials stopped releasing a specific cause of death for inmates. Instead, each death is classified as "natural causes," unless there are special circumstances that would lead to an Arkansas State Police investigation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking comments on the fees associated with debit cards and currently debit release cards are not covered by CFPB regulations.

A Bill that would make all discipline records for a person in prison available to the public did not get out of committee.