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Monroe County Council members Kate Wiltz and Peter Iversen and Monroe County Commissioner Julie Thomas attempt to sort jail inmates during an exercise at a joint meeting on July 11, 2024.
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]
The county previously estimated a 400-bed facility would cost around $75 million, Cockerill said. Last year the current jail had an average population of 160 inmates. The current jail's capacity ...
Grievance seeks reduction of time spent inside the jail cells. Currently most inmates get 4 hours outside of the two-person cells.
Monroe County Jail may refer to: Monroe County Jail (Clarendon, Arkansas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Arkansas;
During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the Monroe complex had eleven positive cases—five staff and six inmates in the same minimum security unit. [8] Over 100 prisoners at the complex rioted on April 8 in response to the outbreak, but were broken up by corrections officers using crowd control tactics and an evacuation of housing units.
Study recommends 500-bed jail for Monroe County despite citizen demands to incarcerate fewer people.
On October 10, 2013, FoxNews.com reported on how the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 was affecting employees at FCI Forrest City. Citing a story from WMC-TV, prison employees were unsure when the next time they would receive a paycheck amid the shutdown, but the inmates are continuing to get paid for jobs like landscaping.