Wendy Kelley

The head of Arkansas' prison system said Monday she's retiring at the end of July after more than 2,300 inmates have been infected with the coronavirus. read more >

A federal trial to consider the legality of Arkansas' use of a sedative in executions ended Thursday without a ruling from the bench. read more >

Two more inmates have died of possible drug overdoses at a maximum security prison in southeast Arkansas, a corrections official said Wednesday. read more >

Arkansas' prison system is struggling with a high number of vacancies as the department tries to address a violent rash of incidents that have included attacks on guards by inmates, the state's correction chief told lawmakers Wednesday. read more >

After nearly a dozen years without an execution, Arkansas is racing to put eight men to death next month over a 10-day period — an unprecedented timetable the state says is necessary. read more >

Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson has named Wendy Kelley as the new director of the Arkansas Department of Correction. read more >