East Arkansas Regional Unit

Location| Brickeys, Arkansas
Status| Open
Capacity| 1432
Opened| 1992
Managed by| Arkansas Department of Corrections
Location of Forrest City in Lee County, and location of Lee County in Arkansas

The East Arkansas Regional Unit is an Arkansas Department of Corrections prison in Brickeys, St. Francis Township, unincorporated Lee County, Arkansas. United States. It is about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Forrest City.[1] East Arkansas Regional Unit is one of the state's parent units for processed male inmates and serves for initial assignment.

## History

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This facility was established in 1992 and has 379 employees. In 2007 after the prison system determined that some East Arkansas Correctional Officers used excessive force against prisoners, those Correctional Officers were fired.[2]

## Description

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The facility is ACA Accredited and has a capacity of 1,432 inmates. Operations include jail operations, education, substance abuse treatment program, canine unit, field crops, and regional maintenance.

## Notable prisoners

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* Joshua Macave Brown, perpetrator of the murder of Jesse Dirkhising[3]

## References

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1. ^ Facility Profile Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine. Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on 02/16/2013.
2. ^ "Arkansas Inmate Nearly Dies After Left in Feces." (Archive) Associated Press at Fox News. June 22, 2009. Retrieved on April 15, 2013.
3. ^ "Brown, Joshua M." (Archive) Arkansas Department of Corrections. Retrieved on February 26, 2013.

## External links

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* United States portal

* East Arkansas Regional Unit \- Arkansas Department of Correction

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Arkansas Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons|

* Benton Unit
* Boot Camp Program♂♀
* Cummins Unit
* Delta Regional Unit
* East Arkansas Regional Unit
* Barbara Ester Unit
* Grimes Unit
* Hawkins Center for Women♀
* Maximum Security Unit
* McPherson Unit♀
* North Central Unit
* Ouachita River Unit
* Pine Bluff Unit
* Texarkana Regional Correction Center
* Tucker Unit
* Varner Unit
* Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility
* Wrightsville Unit

Work release centers|

* Mississippi County Work Release Center
* Northwest Arkansas Work Release Center

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀ (female only) or ♂♀ (both sexes)

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