LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 28 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 27, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced that the State has opened 1,485 beds since she took office. "Arkansas' prison bed shortage has gone on for decades, and under my leadership we have stopped kicking the can down the road," said Governor Sanders. "While we continue to make progress on the new prison we are building these 1,500 beds go a long way toward alle more PR