Arkansas is planning to increase funding for drug courts and expand opportunities for treatment to reduce recidividism among drug users.

Without a change in the number of drug users, particularly those addicted to meth, the state projects the need for a new 2,500-bed prison within five years. Under current law, meth offenders serve longer sentences than the state average.

The state legislature two years ago rejected a proposal to reduce sentences for meth offenders as a quick fix to the burgeoning prison population. Arkansas grants good-time ...

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