Sarah Huckabee Sanders keeps upping the ante on her cruelty
Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Her administration announced plans to go ahead with the prison expansion, anyway, usurping the Board of Corrections’ authority.That’s when the legal battles started.Last month, the Board of Corrections suspended Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri, who was appointed by Sanders.
Among the board’s grievances were Profiri’s lack of urgency in dealing with prison overcrowding. The state’s prisons are currently holding 16,440 inmates, despite a capacity of 15,022, the Associated Press reports.
Sadly, that number is only expected to increase. Sanders claims a National Guard commander resigned due to the Pentagon’s abortion policy.
The Protect Arkansas Act, which went into effect January 1, lessens and sometimes eliminates parole eligibility for many felonies, likely leading to a larger inmate population.
