The Pulaski sheriff's office said a 21-year-old female county jail inmate, Trillus Smith of Little Rock, was found dead alone in her cell Wednesday. A release said there was no signs of suicide or trauma but an autopsy will be conducted.
The Pulaski sheriff's office says David Honey, 34, of Fayetteville was found hanged from a bedsheet attached to a cell door frame about 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
The State Police said Michael Graff, 29, a deputy in the Pulaski County jail, was taken into custody Monday night as a suspect in sexual assault of a female prisoner.
The Marshall Project reports on the addition of virtual ob-gyn services at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility to reduce the rate of miscarriages by inmates.
Late news: A county deputy has been arrested for allowing attacks on jail inmates. The Little Rock Zoo reports problems in processing some $42,000 charges by almost 1,000 zoo visitors in February and March
The Pulaski sheriff's office said the county detention facility is again open to all comers after having been closed July 1 to all but violent offenders.
The Pulaski County sheriff's office said county Detention Deputy Joseph Conner was arrested Tuesday afternoon for third-degree sexual assault on a female prisoner.
Yesterday, in a closed session including Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines, mayors and representatives from the business community (the shadow government of Little Rock), parties got closer to a compromise on a new contract for paying for county jail costs.