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Tucker is one of the state of Arkansas's "parent units" for male prisoners; it serves as one of several units of initial assignment for processed male prisoners. [3] It is in proximity to, but not within, the Tucker census-designated place. [4] A Maximum Security Unit was constructed a short distance north of the Tucker Unit in 1983.
The two prison units in the complex are the Tucker Unit and the Maximum Security Unit. [10] [11] The ADC training academy, the Willis S. Sargent Training Academy, [9] is in the complex, adjacent to the Maximum Security and Tucker units. [12] In 1916 the state purchased 4,400 acres (1,800 ha) of land to establish the Tucker Unit.
In 1974 male death row inmates, previously at the Tucker Unit, were moved to the Cummins Unit. [33] In 1986 male death row inmates were moved to the Maximum Security Unit. [33] On Friday August 22, 2003, all 39 Arkansas death row inmates, all of them male, were moved to the Supermax at the Varner Unit. [40]
Police in tactical gear responded to the Friday night incident at the prison's maximum-security unit, during which a guard suffered minor injuries.
The prison first opened in 1902 and has a capacity of 1,725 inmates. Cummins housed Arkansas's male death row until 1986, when it was transferred first to the Tucker Maximum Security Unit. The State of Arkansas execution chamber is located in the Cummins Unit, adjacent to the location of the male death row, the Varner Unit. [10]
The Arkansas Department of Community Correction Southeast Arkansas Community Corrections Center is in Pine Bluff. [31] The Maximum Security Unit is 25 miles (40 km) north of central Pine Bluff and off Arkansas Highway 15 in unincorporated Jefferson County. [32] The Tucker Unit is also located north of Pine Bluff. [33]
As of 2013 Carpenter, Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC)#120443 is in the Tucker Maximum Security Unit. He entered the state prison system on April 26, 2001. [30] As of 2013 Joshua Macave Brown, ADC#120142, is located in the East Arkansas Regional Unit. He had been received into the state prison system on April 4, 2001. [31]
At one time the State of Arkansas housed all young male offenders in the state prison system in Varner. While this was the case, Correction Officers and prisoners nicknamed the facility the "Gladiator School." [10] On Friday August 22, 2003, all 39 Arkansas death row inmates were moved from the Maximum Security Unit to the Supermax at the ...