Help End Prison Gerrymandering Prison gerrymandering funnels political power away from urban communities to legislators who have prisons in their (often white, rural) districts. More than two decades ago, the Prison Policy Initiative put numbers on the problem and sparked the movement to end prison gerrymandering.

Can you help us continue the fight? Thank you.

—Peter Wagner, Executive DirectorDonate

Arkansas correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Arkansas Co. Det. Ctr. 85 Local 12/31/2013
Ashley Co. Jail 100 Local 12/31/2013
Baxter Co. Jail 100 Local 12/31/2013
Benton Co. Det. Fac. 413 Local 12/31/2013
Benton Unit 318 State 6701 Highway 67 Benton 72015 Saline 6/30/2012
Boone Co. Law Enf. Ctr. 93 Local 12/31/2013
Brinkley City Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Cabot City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Calhoun County Detention Center 20 Local 12/31/2013
Carroll County Det. Ctr. 64 Local 12/31/2013
Central Arkansas Community Correction Center 150 State 4823 West 7Th St Little Rock 72205 Pulaski 6/30/2012
City of Faith Residential Re-Entry Center 80 Private 1401 S Garfield Drive Little Rock 72204 Pulaski 6/30/2012
Clark Co. Jail 51 Local 12/31/2013
Clay Co. Jail 72 Local 12/31/2013
Cleburne Co. Jail 80 Local 12/31/2013
Cleveland Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Columbia Co. Jail 74 Local 12/31/2013
Conway Co. Det. Ctr. 54 Local 12/31/2013
Craighead Co. Det. Ctr. 253 Local 12/31/2013
Crawford County Jail 88 Local 12/31/2013
Cross County Jail And Detention Center 58 Local 12/31/2013
Crossett City Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Cummins Unit 1,867 State 2540 St. Highway 388 Gould 71643 Lincoln 6/30/2012
Dallas Co. Jail 110 Local 12/31/2013
Delta Regional Unit 553 State 880 East Gaines Street Dermott 71638 6/30/2012
Drew Co. Det. Fac. 24 Local 12/31/2013
Dumas City Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
East Arkansas Regional Unit 1,639 State 326 Lee 601 Brickeys 72320 Lee 6/30/2012
Forrest City FCI 1,934 Federal 1400 Dale Bumpers Road Forrest City 72335 St Francis 6/30/2012
Forrest City FCI 1,853 Federal 1400 Dale Bumpers Road Forrest City 72335 St Francis 4/2/2020
Forrest City FCI - Camp 294 Federal 1400 Dale Bumpers Road Forrest City 72335 St Francis 6/30/2012
Forrest City FCI-Camp 256 Federal 1400 Dale Bumpers Road Forrest City 72335 St Francis 4/2/2020
Forrest City Med FCI 1,648 Federal 1400 Dale Bumpers Road Forrest City 72335 St Francis 6/30/2012
Forrest City Med FCI 1,146 Federal 1400 Dale Bumpers Road Forrest City 72335 St Francis 4/2/2020
Franklin Co. Jail 37 Local 12/31/2013
Fulton Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Garland County Crimal Detention Facilty 205 Local 12/31/2013
Greene Co. Jail 162 Local 12/31/2013
Grimes Unit 1,018 State 300 Corrections Drive Newport 72112 Jackson 6/30/2012
Hempstead Co. Jail 105 Local 12/31/2013
Howard Co. Detention Facility 49 Local 12/31/2013
Izard Co. Jail 45 Local 12/31/2013
J. Aaron Hawkins Center 407 State 22522 Asher Road Little Rock 72206 6/30/2012
Jackson Co. Det. Ctr. 68 Local 12/31/2013
Lafayette Co. Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Lake Village City Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Little River County Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Lonoke Co. Det. Ctr. 123 Local 12/31/2013
Madison Co. Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Marianna City Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Marion Co. Law Enf. Ctr. 3 Local 12/31/2013
Maximum Security Unit 562 State 2501 State Farm Road Tucker 72168 Jefferson 6/30/2012
Mcpherson Unit 772 State 302 Corrections Drive Newport 72112 Jackson 6/30/2012
Miller Co. Jail 230 Local 12/31/2013
Mississippi Co. Det. Ctr. 155 Local 12/31/2013
Mississippi County Work Release Center 126 State 727 North County Road 599 Luxora 72538 Fulton 6/30/2012
Montgomery Co. Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Nevada Co. Jail 10 Local 12/31/2013
North Central Unit 576 State 10 Prison Circle Calico Rock 72519 6/30/2012
Northeast Arkansas Community Correction Center 238 State 1351 Cyro Rd Osceola 72370 Mississippi 6/30/2012
Northwest Arkansas Work Release Center 41 State 210 Spring Street Springdale 72764 6/30/2012
Omega Technical Violator Center 286 State 104 Walco Lane Malvern 72104 Hot Spring 6/30/2012
Osceola City Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Ouachita Co. Jail 135 Local 12/31/2013
Ouachita River Unit 1,669 State 100 Walco Lane Malvern 72104 Hot Spring 6/30/2012
Perry County Detention Center 40 Local 12/31/2013
Pike Co. Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
Pine Bluff Complex 441 State 890 Free Line Drive Pine Bluff 71603 Jefferson 6/30/2012
Poinsett Co. Det. Ctr. 85 Local 12/31/2013
Polk Co. Jail 42 Local 12/31/2013
Pope Co. Det. Ctr. 164 Local 12/31/2013
Prairie Co. Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility 1,197 Local 12/31/2013
Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility 542 State 7206 West 7Th Street Pine Bluff 71603 Jefferson 6/30/2012
Randolph County Law Enforcement Detention Center 34 Local 12/31/2013
Saline Co. Det. Fac. 183 Local 12/31/2013
Scott Co. Jail 209 Local 12/31/2013
Searcy Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Sebastian Co. Adult Det. Ctr. 365 Local 12/31/2013
Sevier Co. Jail 41 Local 12/31/2013
Sharp Co. Det. Ctr. 36 Local 12/31/2013
Sheridan City Det. Ctr. 83 Local 12/31/2013
Southeast Arkansas Community Correction Center 292 State 7301 West 13Th Ave. Pine Bluff 71602 Jefferson 6/30/2012
Southwest Arkansas Community Correction Center 407 State 506 Walnut Street Texarkana 71854 Miller 6/30/2012
Springdale City Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
St. Francis Co. Jail 71 Local 12/31/2013
Stone Co. Det. Fac. 18 Local 12/31/2013
Texarkana Regional Correctional Center 128 State 305 East 5Th Street Texarkana 71854 Miller 6/30/2012
Tucker Unit 868 State 2400 State Farm Road Tucker 72168 Jefferson 6/30/2012
Van Buren Co. Det. Ctr. 45 Local 12/31/2013
Varner Supermax Unit 494 State 320 Highway 388 East Gould 71643 Lincoln 6/30/2012
Varner Unit 1,176 State 320 Highway 388 East Gould 71643 Lincoln 6/30/2012
Washington Co. Det. Ctr. 526 Local 12/31/2013
White Co. Det. Ctr. 245 Local 12/31/2013
Woodruff Co. Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
Wrightsville Unit 867 State 8400 Highway 386 East Wrightsville 72183 Pulaski 6/30/2012
Yell Co. Jail - Danville 13 Local 12/31/2013
Yell Co. Jail - Dardanelle 11 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

Stay Informed

Get the latest updates:


And our other newsletters:







Stay Informed


Get the latest updates:



Share on 𝕏 Donate