Wrightsville Unit Explained

Prison Name: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 5000acres of land at Wrightsville is dedicated to the raising of cattle and the production of hay.[2]

The land occupied by the unit formerly housed the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville. For sixty years, there was no marker or memorial that indicated that the boys school existed or that the fire occurred. On April 25, 2019, a monument to the dead was unveiled at the Wrightsville Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction. [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Facilities: Wrightsville Unit. Arkansas Department of Correction. State of Arkansas. 6 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Division of Correction.
  3. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas.