Arkansas corrections department abandons restrictions on physical books, newspapers

By: Ainsley Platt

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: September 21, 2026

Words: 549

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The Arkansas Department of Corrections will shift its focus away from creating a policy restricting access to physical books in an effort to prevent illegal drugs from entering prisons, officials told the state corrections board Monday.

Officials instead plans to tighten the language of a 2022 policy and give the department more authority to ban “misbehaving” third-parties selling publications laced with drugs to incarcerated people, said Tawnie Hughes, the department’s chief legal …

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