The state went from 700 people waiting in jail for beds vacated under Act 570 to 2700 after the Board of Correction changes Parole policy. A wave of the pen increased prisoner backlog by nearly 4x – and then we needed to spend more money on prisons?

While other States are busy reducing prison beds Arkansas seeks to add 600 more! We need more jobs, not more jails. Locking more people up for longer is bad for Arkansas and unsustainable for our budget. Click here to learn more about how you can easily tell your lawmakers to end mass incarceration today.