Tucker Unit

Tucker Unit
Map
Locationnear Tucker, Arkansas
Coordinates34°27′16″N 91°54′56″W / 34.454539°N 91.915571°W / 34.454539; -91.915571
Statusopen
Capacity1126
Opened1916
Managed byArkansas Department of Correction
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, 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Pine Bluff. It is operated by the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC).[1] Tucker is one of the state of Arkansas's "parent units" for male prisoners; it serves as one of several units of initial assignment for processed male prisoners.[2] It is in proximity to, but not within, the Tucker census-designated place.[3]

A Maximum Security Unit was constructed a short distance north of the Tucker Unit in 1983.

  1. ^ "Tucker Unit." Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on July 11, 2010.
  2. ^ "Guide for Family and Friends." Arkansas Department of Correction. 2 (4/27). Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "Jefferson County" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 4–5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2023-05-30.