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The same year, a Heber Springs, Arkansas man who was wanted for not reporting to his parole officer appeared at the Tucker Unit. A prison guard shot him dead. Dina Tyler, a spokesperson for the prison system, said that the man crashed his car into the car owned by the assistant warden and was "very close to the officers" prior to his death. [14]
By the 1960s, Arkansas was infamous for operating one of the most corrupt and dangerous prison systems in the nation. [15] Both Cummins and Tucker relied on the trusty system, which created a hierarchy of prisoners, with some designated as 'trusties' who the guards trusted with many of the day-to-day duties. [16]
The Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) operates the ADC Complex in Tucker; the complex is off Arkansas Highway 15, 9 miles (14 km) south of England and 25 miles (40 km) north of Pine Bluff. [9] The two prison units in the complex are the Tucker Unit and the Maximum Security Unit.
Comparing English-speaking developed countries; [9] the overall incarceration rate in the U.S. was 531 per 100,000 population of all ages in 2021, [12] the incarceration rate of Canada was 85 per 100,000 in 2020, [14] England and Wales was 146 per 100,000 in 2023, [15] and Australia was 158 per 100,000 in 2022. [16]
Raybin, the defense attorney, said this development is significant because of low parole rates in Tennessee. Remember that the 1989 law, which also applies to people sentenced to life as juveniles ...
The chair of Arkansas' parole board resigned on Friday after personnel records revealed he was fired from a local police department several years ago for lying to investigators about having sex ...
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In September 2020, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s injunction and permitted the TPS designation to be terminated. Biden reversed Trump’s policies and expanded TPS ...