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In 1916 the state purchased 4,400 acres (1,800 ha) of land to establish the Tucker Unit. In 1933 the death chamber moved from the Arkansas State Penitentiary to the Tucker Unit, because the penitentiary closed. The final execution at Tucker, before the death penalty in Arkansas was declared to be unconstitutional, took place in 1964. [12]
Aerial view of the Tucker Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, February 26, 1994 Map of the Tucker Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, July 1, 1984 The Tucker Unit is a prison in Dudley Lake Township, unincorporated Jefferson County, Arkansas, [1] 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Pine Bluff.
The Tucker School is a historic school building on Vandalsen Drive (one block west of Arkansas Highway 15) in Tucker, Arkansas.It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof, weatherboard siding, and a foundation of brick piers.
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 governor of Arkansas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Jim Guy Tucker (b. 1943) ... Centennial History of Arkansas. Southern Historical ...
James Guy Tucker Jr. (born June 13, 1943) is an American former politician, businessman, and attorney who served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas from 1992 until his resignation in 1996 after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater affair.
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]
Wabbaseka-Tucker School District, previously the Wabbaseka School District No. 7, [1] was a school district in Jefferson County, Arkansas, serving Wabbaseka, Tucker, and Plum Bayou. The district operated two schools: Wabbaseka Elementary School and Wabbaseka High School. [2] At one time the district also operated Tucker Elementary School. [3]