Wrightsville Unit

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

Over 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) 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. There are no markers there that indicate that the boys school existed or that a fatal 1959 fire at the boys school had occurred.[3]

References

  1. ^ Facilities 5. Arkansas Department of Corrections. Retrieved on March 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Facilities 2. Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on March 8, 2011.
  3. ^ "THV Extra: Arkansas' Secret Holocaust." THV. Retrieved on March 9, 2011.

External links

Arkansas portal
Criminal justice portal
State prisons
Work release centers
  • Mississippi County
  • Northwest Arkansas
Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀ (female only) or ♂♀ (both sexes)