NCJ Number
110825
Date Published
1980
Length
190 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the Arkansas Department of Corrections' current program plans to open three new, specialized corrections facilities with nearly 800 beds, which will help the State move toward a constitutional corrections system which is manageable, safe, and humane.
Abstract
A diagnostic unit will be constructed at Pine Bluff to provide 376 beds at a fiscal year 1981-82 cost of $1,985,375 (104 new positions). The unit will provide for a modern intake process, orientation, and classification for centralized medical and mental health services as well as for work and industry programs. The Special Programs Center will have 100 beds at a fiscal year 1981-82 cost of $1,274,413 (55 new positions). The center will provide concentrated services for medically and mentally disabled inmates requiring ongoing or temporary protection outside mainline prisons. This facility has two location options: one would be a newly constructed facility at a site in Pine Bluff, and the second would be a remodeled building at the Arkansas State Hospital at Benton. The Wrightsville minimum-security unit will house 300 inmates at a fiscal year 1981-82 cost of $1,532,403 (74 new positions). Programs will include work, prerelease, and industries. Appended study instruments and data, 65-item bibliography.