LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has "full faith" in the state's prison director despite revelations that guards let an inmate lie naked in his own excrement for a weekend, a spokesman said.
Beebe believes it is appropriate for the state Department of Correction to investigate itself over the inmate's near death in January, spokesman Matt DeCample said Tuesday.
The incident, plus recent escapes and findings that guards received lap dances while on the job, raised questions about how the prison system is run, Beebe said.
Corrections officials will "analyze each event" first, with assistance from state police, he said.
Asked whether he would fire prison director Larry Norris, Beebe said "no," then added, "that issue hadn't come up."
Norris wasn't available for comment Tuesday.
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