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McPherson Unit is a prison for women of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, located in Newport, Arkansas, off Arkansas Highway 384, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Newport. Established in 1998,[1] the prison houses the state's death row for women.[2]
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Location | Newport, Arkansas |
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Status | open |
Security class | mixed |
Capacity | 971 |
Opened | 1998 |
Managed by | Arkansas Department of Correction |
The unit houses a campus of the Riverside Vocational Technical School.[3]
Originally it was managed by the Wackenhut Corrections Corp. (now GEO Group), with the management contract beginning in July 1997. In 2001, after operating the McPherson Unit and the nearby Grimes Unit at losses, Wackenhut stated that it would not renew the contract.[4]
Death Row
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