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The Tucker Unit is a prison in Tucker, Dudley Lake Township, unincorporated Jefferson County, Arkansas, northeast of Pine Bluff. It is operated by the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC).〔"(Tucker Unit )." Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on July 11, 2010.〕 Tucker is one of the state of Arkansas's "parent units" for male prisoners; it serves as one of several units of initial assignment for processed male prisoners.〔"(Guide for Family and Friends )." Arkansas Department of Correction. 2 (4/27). Retrieved on July 18, 2010.〕 A (Maximum Security Unit ) was constructed a short distance north of the Tucker Unit in 1983. ==History== In 1916 the State of Arkansas purchased about of land to build the Tucker Unit. In 1933 Governor of Arkansas Junius Marion Futrell closed the Arkansas State Penitentiary ("The Walls"), and some prisoners moved to Tucker from the former penitentiary. In the process the designated execution chamber moved to Tucker.〔"(Prison History and Gallery )." Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on September 7, 2010.〕 "Old Sparky", in operation within the state system from 1926 to 1948, was the equipment used to kill condemned prisoners at Tucker.〔"(Gallery )." Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.〕 In 1964 Charles Fields was executed at Tucker; he was the last prisoner to be executed at Tucker before the Arkansas death penalty was declared against the U.S. constitution.〔 In history, the prison housed the state's White convicts.〔Federal Writers' Project. ''Arkansas: A Guide to the State''. US History Publishers, 1958. (346 ). Retrieved from Google Books on March 6, 2011. ISBN 1-60354-004-0, ISBN 978-1-60354-004-9〕 In addition the prison housed some black female prisoners.〔"(Prison History and Gallery )." Arkansas Department of Correction. Retrieved on March 5, 2011.〕 In 1967 four men escaped from the unit and abandoned a vehicle used in the escape in Fort Scott, Kansas.〔"(Link Truck Here in Prison Flight )." ''The Fort Scott Tribune''. Tuesday January 17, 1967. Retrieved from Google News (1 of 4) on March 6, 2011.〕 The Arkansas prison scandal occurred in the unit and involved the "Tucker Telephone."〔Champion, Dean J. ''Dictionary of American Criminal Justice: Key Terms and Major Supreme Court Cases''. Taylor & Francis, 1998. (9 ). Retrieved from ''Google Books'' on August 18, 2010. ISBN 1-57958-073-4, ISBN 978-1-57958-073-5.〕 Due to the notoriety of the device, as of 2000 visitors to the Tucker Unit on a regular basis ask the warden if the telephone on his/her desk is the "Tucker Telephone."〔Feeley, Malcolm M. and Edward L. Rubin. ''Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons''. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (58 ). Retrieved from Google Books on March 5, 2011. ISBN 0-521-77734-8, ISBN 978-0-521-77734-6〕 In 1974 death row inmates, previously at the Tucker Unit, were moved to the Cummins Unit.〔"(2006 Facts Brochure )." Arkansas Department of Correction. July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006. 25 (25/38). Retrieved on August 15, 2010.〕 In 1978 a new death chamber opened in Cummins, so Tucker was no longer the place of execution in Arkansas.〔 In 2000 the ADC's final 100 person barracks was split into two smaller barracks.〔 In 2009 prison guards left a prisoner in his own feces for a weekend. The prisoner had to be hospitalized. The ''Associated Press'' discovered that prison guards had received lap dances while working. The prison system fired several correctional employees. The same year, a Heber Springs, Arkansas man who was wanted for not reporting to his parole officer appeared at the Tucker Unit. A prison guard shot him dead. Dina Tyler, a spokesperson for the prison system, said that the man crashed his car into the car owned by the assistant warden and was "very close to the officers" prior to his death.〔"(Arkansas Inmate Nearly Dies After Left in Feces )." ((Archive )) ''Associated Press'' at ''Fox News''. June 22, 2009. Retrieved on April 15, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tucker Unit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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