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The Varner Unit is a high-security state prison for men of the Arkansas Department of Correction in Varner, [1] Choctaw Township, unincorporated Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States. It is located along U.S. Highway 65 , [ 2 ] near Grady , [ 3 ] and 28 miles (45 km) south of Pine Bluff . [ 2 ]
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]
Aerial view of the Cummins and Varner units, U.S. Geological Survey, February 28, 2001 Topographic map of the Cummins Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, July 1, 1984. The Cummins Unit (formerly known as Cummins State Farm) is an Arkansas Department of Corrections prison in unincorporated Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States, [3] [4] in the Arkansas Delta region. [5]
The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2] Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions, the information may become outdated.
A manhunt is underway for two inmates who escaped an Arkansas detention center this week, including a capital murder suspect. Noah Roush, 22, and Jatonia Bryant, 23, were discovered to be missing ...
Inmate Name Register Number Status Details Clifford Harris: 59458-019: Released from custody in 2011; served 1 year. [5] American hip hop recording artist known as T.I.; pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges in 2008, returned to prison for probation violations. [6] Larry Lawton: 52224-004: Released in 2007; served last portion of 11 years. [7]
Inmate Name Register Number Details Alejandro Avila V88742 Perpetrator of the 2002 Murder of Samantha Runnion in which Avila kidnapped and raped the 5-year-old before killing her. [3] [4] [5] Richard Delmer Boyer: C98101 Convicted of the 1982 murder of elderly couple Eileen and Francis Harbitz. [6] [7] Vincent Brothers: F90651
The Varner Unit, pictured here, houses the State of Arkansas death row for men. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Since 1820, a total of 505 individuals have been executed. According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, as of September, 10 2024, a total of 26 men were under a sentence of death in the state.