Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility
Location | Arkansas Department of Correction |
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The Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility is a
The facility previously served as the Jefferson County Jail. Around 2008 the county opened the new W. C. "Dub" Brassel Adult Detention Facility and vacated the previous county jail. ADC purchased the former jail in 2008 and renamed it the Williams Correctional Facility in April of that year, after Randall L. Williams, a former state representative for Drew County and thereafter from 1970 to 1993 a Jefferson County circuit judge.[3]
Williams was the chairperson of the board of ADC from 1993 to 2000. ADC uses the facility as additional intake space, and after ADC acquired the facility, it moved the special management barracks,[2] a unit for prisoners with counseling and mental health requirements,[4] to Williams from the Cummins Unit.[2]
References
- Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on June 28, 2010.
- ^ Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on March 8, 2011.
- ^ "Judge Randall L. Williams". tributes.com. December 16, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- Arkansas Department of Correction. 36 (36/38). Retrieved on March 8, 2011.
External links
- "Pine Bluff Unit/Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility." Arkansas Department of Correction.
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