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prison in Brickeys, St. Francis Township,

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. East Arkansas Regional Unit is one of the state's parent units for processed male inmates and serves for initial assignment. This facility was established in 1992 and has 379 employees. The facility i
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and has a capacity of 1,432 inmates. Operations include jail operations, education, substance abuse treatment program, canine unit, field crops, and regional maintenance. In 2007 after the prison system determined that some East Arkansas Correctional Officers used excessive force against prisoners, those Correctional Officers were fired.
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Notable prisoners

* Joshua Macave Brown, perpetrator of the murder of Jesse Dirkhising

References

Arkansas Department of Corrections resource page.
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External links

East Arkansas Regional Unit
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