Talk:Tucker Unit
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editThis talks about some news stories in 2009 regarding incidents in Tucker Unit: "Inmate Sat In Feces At Lap Dance Prison." CBS News. June 23, 2009. Retrieved on July 19, 2010. WhisperToMe (talk) 08:05, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Chapel
editIsland of Hope Chapel - Established November 29, 1969 - rededicated on May 13, 2011 - http://adc.arkansas.gov/resources/Documents/Annual_Report_2011.pdf
- http://adc.arkansas.gov/resources/Documents/juneAdvocate2011.pdf
- Blad, Evie. "Water again seen sacred at repaired prison chapel." Arkansas Online (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette). May 14, 2011.
WhisperToMe (talk) 01:09, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Also... youtu (dot) be (slash) XFKgieOdNoY?t=330 shows a plaque stating when the inmate housing was built
- Board members: Chairman Marshall N. Rush, Vice Chairman Lynn F. Wade, Secretary Thomas H. Wortham, M.D., Richard Earl Griffin, and Eula Dorsey
- Commissioner Terrell Don Hutto
- Superintendent Robert G. Britton
- Construction Administrator R. H. Smith
- Architect company Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson, Inc.
- Contractor Nabholz Construction Corporation
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editAfter reading about all of the scandals surrounding this facility over the 20th century, it's appalling that this prison is still open. I can't believe it hasn't been razed to the ground. It's barbaric. 64.134.71.163 (talk) 22:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
