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The Cummins Unit (formerly known as Cummins State Farm) is an Arkansas Department of Corrections prison in unincorporated Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States, in the Arkansas Delta region. It is located along U.S. Route 65 , [3] near Grady , [3] Gould , [5] and Varner , [6] 28 miles (45 km) south of Pine Bluff , [3] and 60 miles (97 km ...
Timeline of Arkansas Prison History by Arkansas Department of Corrections, accessed June 25, 2016. Brubaker Archived 2007-02-13 at the Wayback Machine at the Prison Film Project, accessed September 13, 2006. Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal movie, includes historical information on Thomas Murton and the Cummins Prison Plasma Program.
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.
Aerial view of the Varner and Cummins units, U.S. Geological Survey, February 28, 2001. 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 ...
A sheriff’s deputy and a woman he arrested have both been found dead after officials say the officer accidentally drove his patrol car into the Tennessee River, according to local authorities.
Cummins Unit houses the State of Arkansas execution chamber. Male death row inmates are located at the Arkansas Department of Correction Varner Unit's Supermax, while the executions are performed at the Cummins Unit, adjacent to Varner. The female death row is located at the McPherson Unit. In 1999 the female death row was newly inaugurated.
Tim Griffin. John Timothy Griffin (born August 21, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 57th attorney general of Arkansas. He previously served as the 20th lieutenant governor of Arkansas, from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas ...
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. The 576-bed facility sits on a 10-acre (4.0 ha) plot of land. The facility previously served as the Jefferson County Jail. Around 2008 the county opened the new W. C. "Dub" Brassel ...