Location | near Tucker, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°27′16″N 91°54′56″W / 34.454539°N 91.915571°W |
Status | open |
Capacity | 1126 |
Opened | 1916 |
Managed by | Arkansas Department of Correction |
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.