Wrightsville Unit

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

Wrightsville Unit
LocationWrightsville, Arkansas
Statusopen
Capacity850
Opened1981
Managed byArkansas Department of Correction
Location of Wrightsville in Pulaski County, and Pulaski County in Arkansas

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


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