Arkansas Corrections Makes CUTS - Questions Mount
October 6, 2026
The article questions why the Arkansas Department of Corrections eliminated 400 guard positions between its April and May staffing reports. Secretary Lindsay Wallace attributed the cuts to budgeting, while the author suggests they may instead obscure staffing shortages.
The reductions reportedly received final Board of Corrections approval on June 5. The author also criticizes Wallace for inaccurately expanding the meaning of AOP, arguing that administrative terminology matters in a large state agency.
The piece is sharply skeptical but provides few documents or independent figures to substantiate its suspicions.
Full story at Arkansas Alcatraz