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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 ]
The Varner Unit, pictured here, houses the State of Arkansas death row for men. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Since 1820, a total of 505 individuals have been executed. According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, as of September, 10 2024, a total of 26 men were under a sentence of death in the state.
Murton's co-authored 1969 book, Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal was the basis for the fictionalized 1980 film Brubaker starring Robert Redford. [26] In Holt v. Sarver, Judge Henley ruled several aspects of Arkansas's prison system unconstitutional and provided guidelines to get the system into compliance. The following ...
Netflix viewers get a rare look at the inside of an Arkansas prison in the streaming service’s latest hit series, “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment.” ... According to documents viewed by TODAY ...
A convicted rapist who authorities say used a jet ski during an escape from an Arkansas prison last year was arrested Tuesday in West Virginia, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Samuel Paul Hartman ...
Dishman began serving his seven-year sentence in December 1984 at the state Department of Corrections' Benton Unit for theft and burglary convictions, according to the department's website. He ...
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]
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