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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 ]
Cummins Unit serves as a parent unit for male prisoners and houses the State of Arkansas execution chamber. Male death row inmates are located at the Varner Unit's Supermax, while the executions are performed at the Cummins Unit, adjacent to Varner. [38] The female death row is located at the McPherson Unit. In 1999 the female death row was ...
The Cummins/Varner Volunteer Fire Department provides fire services. [6] The station is along Arkansas Highway 388. [7] Varner houses the Arkansas Department of Correction Varner Unit. [8] [9] The Cummins Unit is located nearby. [10] The main campus of the Riverside Vocational Technical School is located behind the Varner Unit. [11]
In 2012, a special needs unit was opened which included a 72-bed hospital, and a 40-bed special services area which included a barracks for elderly, chronically ill and acute-illness inmates. [2] Over 4000 prisoners-per-year in Arkansas are studying to receive their GED. Each May, prisoners who have earned their GED are brought to the Ouachita ...
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.
Created as Arkansas's 65th county on March 28, ... [31] [32] The Varner Unit is located in Varner, [33] and the Cummins Unit is near Varner. [34] Government
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]
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