Grimes Unit

Grimes Unit
Location	300 Corrections Drive Newport, Arkansas
Status	medium / maximum
Capacity	1012
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 1012 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

↑ "Grimes Unit". Arkansas Department of Corrections. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
↑ "WACKENHUT TO GET OUT OF PRISON CONTRACTS." Miami Herald. February 17, 2001. 1C Business. Retrieved on March 7, 2011.

Coordinates: 35°37′33″N 91°11′18″W / 35.625921°N 91.188442°W / 35.625921; -91.188442

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)

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