Grimes Unit
Arkansas prison
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| Location | 300 Corrections Drive Newport, Arkansas |
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| Status | medium / maximum |
| Capacity | 1,012 |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Managed by | Arkansas Department of Corrections |
The Grimes Unit is a medium- and maximum-security state prison for men located in Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas, owned and operated by the Arkansas Department of Corrections.[1]
The facility was opened in 1998 and has a capacity of 1,012 inmates held at medium and maximum security.
Like the adjacent McPherson Unit for female inmates, originally Grimes was managed by the Wackenhut Corrections Corp. (now GEO Group), beginning in July 1997. In 2001, after operating both at losses, Wackenhut stated that it would not renew the contract.[2]
References
External links
- Grimes Unit, Arkansas Department of Corrections
35°37′33″N 91°11′18″W / 35.625921°N 91.188442°W / 35.625921; -91.188442
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- Benton Unit
- Boot Camp Program♂♀
- Cummins Unit
- Delta Regional Unit
- East Arkansas Regional Unit
- Barbara Ester Unit
- Grimes Unit
- Hawkins Center for Women♀
- Maximum Security Unit
- McPherson Unit♀
- North Central Unit
- Ouachita River Unit
- Pine Bluff Unit
- Texarkana Regional Correction Center
- Tucker Unit
- Varner Unit
- Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility
- Wrightsville Unit
- Mississippi County Work Release Center
- Northwest Arkansas Work Release Center
Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀ (female only) or ♂♀ (both sexes)
