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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 ]
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]
Cummins Prison Chapel listed on the NRHP in Cummins Unit, Lincoln County, Arkansas; New Rocky Comfort Jail listed on the NRHP in Foreman, Little River County, Arkansas; Magazine City Hall-Jail listed on the NRHP in Magazine, Logan County, Arkansas; Old Logan County Jail listed on the NRHP in Paris, Logan County, Arkansas; Flippin City Jail ...
Lincoln County's geography is defined by two physiographic regions of Arkansas: the Arkansas Timberlands and the Arkansas Delta (in Arkansas, usually referred to as "the Delta"). These two regions are separated by Bayou Bartholomew , the world's longest bayou, which approximately splits the county into eastern and western halves with ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
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]
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The county courthouse of Lincoln County, Arkansas is located at 300 South Drew Street in Star City, the county seat. The two story building was designed by Wittenberg & Delony of Little Rock and built in 1943. It is predominantly buff-colored brick, with limestone trim, and has a flat roof that is hidden by a parapet.