LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The twists and turns of the proposed Franklin County prison plan continue as lawmakers listen to testimony and evidence from the group, Gravel and Grit, who opposed the prison.

They brought concerns from the price tag to the site study before the land was purchased, to community input.

“It's going to happen to another community, and to the extent we could bring up issues that drive policy moving forward, to prevent the type of thing that's happening in our community, we thought worth it to bring up,” Gravel and Grit Director Adam Watson said.

The presentation was a timeline of events of the prison plan, in what Watson says is an effort to get it all on the record and in the public view.

“There are 605 homes within a 5-mile radius of this facility; it's going to fund

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