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  1. Phone: 870-850-8899. Fax: 870-850-8861. Established: 1902 - ACA Accredited. Unit Capacity: 1876.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cummins_UnitCummins Unit - Wikipedia

    The Cummins Unit (formerly known as Cummins State Farm) is an Arkansas Department of Corrections prison in unincorporated Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States, [3] in the Arkansas Delta region. [4]

  3. Jun 16, 2023 · Cummins Unit is a 16,600-acre maximum-security prison located five miles southeast of Grady (Lincoln County). Cummins is run by the Arkansas Department of Correction and houses male and female inmates. It is also the location of Arkansas’s facilities for administering the death penalty.

  4. Jun 6, 2023 · Cummins Unit is a maximum-security prison located in the Arkansas Delta region, run by the Arkansas Department of Corrections. It is situated in unincorporated Lincoln County, Arkansas, about 28 miles south of Pine Bluff off Highway 65. The prison covers an area of 16,600 acres and houses both male and female inmates.

    • 1876
    • 2540 State Hwy 388, Gould, AR 71644
    • P.O. Box 500, Grady, AR 71644-0500
    • Mixed
  5. www.arkansasheritage.com › cummins-state-farmCummins State Farm

    Dec 6, 2023 · Cummins State Farm, also known as Cummins Unit, is the state’s oldest operational state prison farm. Envisioned as a self-operating and self-sustaining institution, in 1902 the State Penitentiary Board bought more than 16,000 acres of land that had formerly been Cummins and Maple Grove Plantations.

  6. Dec 17, 2023 · The Cummins prison break on the morning of September 2, 1940, which was Labor Day, involved the escape of thirty-six white men from Cummins Unit (often referred to as Cummins prison farm), the largest of the three prison units in the state. The escape is the largest in Arkansas history.

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  8. Nov 17, 2021 · The Arkansas Department of Correction, Cummins Unit is located just southeast of Grady, Arkansas. The state of Arkansas originally purchased 10,000 acres from the Cummins and Maple Grove plantations in order to build Cummins farm prison in 1902.

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