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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. It is operated by the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC). [2]
The two prison units in the complex are the Tucker Unit and the Maximum Security Unit. [10] [11] The ADC training academy, the Willis S. Sargent Training Academy, [9] is in the complex, adjacent to the Maximum Security and Tucker units. [12] In 1916 the state purchased 4,400 acres (1,800 ha) of land to establish the Tucker Unit.
On January 31, 2008, Arkansas State University's Mascot Selection Steering Committee [33] decided to use the Red Wolves as a mascot. Arkansas State officially retired the Indian mascot on February 28, 2008, during the last home basketball game of the season. The roll-out ceremony for the new Red Wolves logo was held on March 13.
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]
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The 2023 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by third-year head coach Butch Jones , the Red Wolves played their home games at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas .
The Cummins Unit, where Snell was executed. Snell was held at the Tucker Maximum Security Unit until April 15, 1995, when he was transferred to the execution site. [9] Snell's death sentence was carried out on April 19, 1995, at the Cummins Unit in Lincoln County, Arkansas. [10]
The Arkansas Department of Community Correction Southeast Arkansas Community Corrections Center is in Pine Bluff. [31] The Maximum Security Unit is 25 miles (40 km) north of central Pine Bluff and off Arkansas Highway 15 in unincorporated Jefferson County. [32] The Tucker Unit is also located north of Pine Bluff. [33]