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Location
  
Newport, Arkansas

Security class
  
mixed

Opened
  
1998

Status
  
open

Capacity
  
971

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Managed by
  
Arkansas Department of Correction

McPherson Unit is a prison for women of the Arkansas Department of Correction, located in Newport, Arkansas, off Arkansas Highway 384, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of central Newport. Established in 1998, the prison houses the state's death row for women.

The unit houses a campus of the Riverside Vocational Technical School.

Originally it was managed by the Wackenhut Corrections Corp. (now GEO Group), with the management contract beginning in July 1997. In 2001, after operating the McPherson Unit and the nearby Grimes Unit at losses, Wackenhut stated that it would not renew the contract.

Notable prisoners

Death Row

  • Christina Marie Riggs – Executed May 2, 2000.

    • Non-Death Row

  • Leslie MacKool - Serving life without the possibility of parole.

    • References

    McPherson Unit Wikipedia
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