William “Dubs” Byers Holds Book Signing at Hempstead County Library

Hope native William “Dubs” Byers held a book signing Saturday at the Hempstead County Library on Saturday.   His book, “The Paper Plate Escape” details an escape that happened at Cummins Prison in 1979.  Byers worked for 39 years with the Arkansas Correctional School System with 20 of those at Cummins.  Byers lives in Gould.