Wrightsville Unit

Wrightsville Unit
Location	Wrightsville, Arkansas
Status	open
Capacity	850
Opened	1981
Managed by	Arkansas Department of Correction

The Wrightsville Unit is an Arkansas Department of Correction prison in Wrightsville, Arkansas.^[1]

Over 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of land at Wrightsville is dedicated to the raising of cattle and the production of hay.

The land occupied by the unit formerly housed the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville. There are no markers there that indicate that the boys school existed or that a fatal 1959 fire at the boys school had occurred.^[2]

References

↑ "Facilities: Wrightsville Unit". Arkansas Department of Correction. State of Arkansas. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
↑ "THV Extra: Arkansas' Secret Holocaust". THV11. Arkansas Television Company. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

External links

Wrightsville Unit

Arkansas Department of Correction prisons

State prisons	Benton Unit Boot Camp Program♂♀ Cummins Unit Delta Regional Unit East Arkansas Regional 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

Work release centers	Mississippi County Work Release Center Northwest Arkansas Work Release Center

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀ (female only) or ♂♀ (both sexes)

Coordinates: 34°36′06″N 92°11′33″W / 34.60170°N 92.19240°W / 34.60170; -92.19240

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