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Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

No ‘rubber stamp’: State lawmakers holding off on design contract vote, putting Franklin County prison project ‘on hold’

CHARLESTON -- State lawmakers have hit the brakes on the next step needed to green-light construction of a new 3,000-bed prison proposed for a Franklin County site. Now the project is "on hold" -- and ...

‘Like a new city’: Hunt continues for water source to serve state’s proposed Franklin County prison

State officials have looked in nearly every direction to find a water supply for the proposed new 3,000-bed prison on a Franklin County site -- north, west and even straight down.