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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 ]
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 Grimes Unit is a medium- and maximum-security state prison for men located in Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas, owned and operated by the Arkansas Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 1998 and has a capacity of 1,012 inmates held at medium and maximum security.
Maximum Security Unit(capacity 532) off Highway 15 in Jefferson County, 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Pine Bluff McPherson Unit(capacity 971) off Highway 384 in Jackson County, 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Newport: Mississippi County Work Release Center (capacity 121) off Meadow Road in Mississippi County, 1 mile (2 km) west of Luxora
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.
Police in tactical gear responded to the Friday night incident at the prison's maximum-security unit, during which a guard suffered minor injuries.
Confessions Of A Maximum Security Prison Guard. Business Insider. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:54 PM. prison guard outside open cell door. By Paul Szoldra
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]