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Ozarks at Large

Plans to build Franklin County prison move forward

By Josie Lenora,
Little Rock Public Radio
Published May 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM CDT
A gate marks the entrance to the 815-acre site of a proposed 3,000-bed state prison in the west Arkansas city of Charleston.
Josie Lenora
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Little Rock Public Radio
A gate marks the entrance to the 815-acre site of a proposed 3,000-bed state prison in the west Arkansas city of Charleston.

Plans to build a controversial prison are moving forward in a western Arkansas community. Little Rock Public Radio’s Josie Lenora has more on one group's objection to the project.

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Josie Lenora is the Politics/Government Reporter for KUAR News.
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