LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas correction officials say three inmates at the Varner unit are dead and others have been treated for unknown reasons. One mother is trying to understand how her son died ...

VARNER -- As Gov. Asa Hutchinson tried out a virtual excavator inside the Arkansas Correctional School District campus at the Varner Unit, he let out a "woo!" after pulling up just a few rocks. "I got ...

An officer shot and wounded an inmate trying to escape at the Varner Supermax Unit, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.The inmate was on field duty when they attempted to flee the ...

Construction is continuing on a new seminary building at the high-security Varner Unit in Lincoln County, southeast of Pine Bluff. "We're thrilled to death. We hope to have college in it this fall.

GOULD, Ark. (KY3) -Video footage shows recaptured inmate Grant Hardin arriving at the Varner Unit SuperMax prison. The video, provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections, shows the “Devil in ...

GRADUATION DAY: The chapel at the Varner prison unit was the setting for the first college graduation in the state prison system. (Photo by Griffin Coop) Graduates dressed in academic regalia listened ...

Three men were found dead in a high-security Arkansas prison within 24 hours, a state Department of Correction spokesman said Monday. Subscribe to continue reading, or log in. Support journalism that ...

Colton Harley, 22, serving a 48-year sentence for murder in Franklin County, was found hanging in his cell in the Varner Unit about 5:30 p.m. Thursday in what a news release called an apparent suicide ...