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A new prison was simultaneously constructed on a new 15-acre (6.1 ha) site southwest of Little Rock. Nicknamed "The Walls", the new prison opened in 1910. In 1913 act 55, signed into law, lead to the establishment of a permanent execution chamber in the state prison system. In 1916 the state purchased the land which became the Tucker Unit.
The Washington County Jail is a historic former civic building at 90 South College Avenue in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Built in 1896, this building was the fourth to serve as county jail, and was in use until 1973, making it the longest tenured in county history. [ 2 ]
The Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility is a prison of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) located in the "Pine Bluff Complex" in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. [1] The 576-bed facility sits on a 10-acre (4.0 ha) plot of land. [2] The facility previously served as the Jefferson County Jail. Around 2008 the county opened the new W. C. "Dub ...
In an interview with Arkansas’ Democrat-Gazette, Higgins called the document he signed a “location release” instead of a contract and acknowledged that he can’t sign a contract for the county.
Local law enforcement officers and state troopers arrested Steven Dishman, 60, at a home in Springdale, Arkansas, about 200 miles northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas, state police spokesman Bill ...
The East Arkansas Regional Unit is an Arkansas Department of Correction prison in Brickeys, St. Francis Township, unincorporated Lee County, Arkansas. United States. It is about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Forrest City. [1] East Arkansas Regional Unit is one of the state's parent units for processed male inmates and serves for initial assignment.
In 1978 a new death chamber opened in Cummins, so Tucker was no longer the place of execution in Arkansas. [5] In 1986 male death row inmates were moved to the Maximum Security Unit. [ 12 ] On August 22, 2003, all 39 of the state's death row inmates, all of them male, were moved to the Supermax at the Varner Unit .
More Fayetteville food: This Italian food truck has roots in an iconic Boston restaurant Since then, her daughters Allison and Emily Davis have grown up and joined their mother at the helm of what ...