If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. .. " ANNUAL REPORT, I I /, i • . .. Information contained in this report was collected from staff, compiled, and analyzed by the Research, Planning, and Management Services Division. Typography by Graphic Arts-Women'g Unit Arkansas Correctional Industries Printing by Duplicating Services-Wrightsville Unit Arkansas Correctional Industries /(J75JI ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION POST OFFICE BOX 8707 PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS 71611 0 PHONE: (501) 247-1800 A. L. LOCKHART, Director BILL CLINTON WOODSON D. WALKER Governor Chairman Boord of Correction June 30, 1986 The Honorable Bill Clinton Governor, State of Arkansas State Capitol Building Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Governor Clinton: In accordance with Act 50, Section 5, paragraph (f) of the Arkansas Statutes, the Department of Correction respectfully submits its Annual Report for the fiscal year 1985·86. This report will provide you, the General Assembly, and other interested individuals and agencies, with information regarding the activities, function, quantitative analysis and impact of the Arkansas Department of Correction as it executes its statutory responsibility for the custody, care, treatment and management of adult offenders. The goal of the Department is to provide for the protection of free society by carrying out the mandate of the courts; provide a safe and humane environment for staff and inmates; strengthen the work ethic through the teaching of good work habits; and provide opportunities for inmates .0 improve spiritually, mentally and physically. The employees of the Department of Correction are committed to improving all programs and maintaining a constitutional status with prior federal court orders. Our institutions are near maximum capacity, thereby, requiring the highest level of professionalism from our staff. A special note of thanks goes to the many dedicated employees who have chosen corrections as a career. I want to express my gratitude to you, the Board of Correction, all state officials, and the public of the Great State of Arkansas for the support and assistance given to me and the employees of the Department of Correction. 107311 Sincerely, U.S. Department of Justice . //1 ././') National Institute of Justice This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the " ..g V /: /_~, ,~. person or organization originating it. Points of view or opinions stated ~r....-"~·v in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily A. L. Lockhart represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of Director Justice. Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been granted by • cc: Board of Correction Arkansas Department of Correctlons to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permis­ sion of the copyright owner. Board of JAMES E. UNDSEY CHARLES A. MAZANDER MORRIS H. DREHER DONALD H. SMITH JAMES P. BOYD. JR. FLOYD P. JOHNSON Correction Members: Fayetteville Benton Grady Pine Bluff Ashdown Jonesboro i~ ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION THIS ANNUAL REPORT CONSISTS OF INFORMATION FROM JULY 1985 THROUGH JUNE 1986 -ii- 1985/86 BOARD OF CORRECTiON Woodson D. Walker Chairman Charles A. Mazander Morris "Jit" H. Dreher Donald Smith Vice Chairman Secretary Member Bobby L. Roberts, Ph. D. Sheriff Floyd P. Johnson Dr. Nancy E. Talburt Member Advisory Ex-Officio Member -iii- ,---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, Bill Clinton, GOVERNOR -IV- -----------~--,'-----~ ----- ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF CHANGES ... ~ In 1986 Arl<ansas celebrated its 150th birthday as a state. This year, 1987, marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the state penitentiary. As a follow up therefore to the Arkansas Sesquicentennial, this pictorial of the history of the Department of Correction and its predecessor, the Arkansas Penitentiary, is included as a special feature of the 1985-86 annual report. .~ ~ .. ~ . , .. ,~ .' The Arkansas State Penitentiary-This picture was , ,~' ". ""' taken sometime after the Civil War, around 1866. View at the State Penitentiary in 1890. ~- '.,- ' , \ "L~ ,I Inside the "Walls"-Boiler Room and death house, The State Penitentiary commonly known as the circa 1920. 'Walls", circa early 1920's. -v- The Mess Han inside tim "Walls," circa 1920. The "Walls" in the circa late 1920's. §toclkadle§ and Bautrraclks L;;..~i$,.~'· ~r.'t.~~ Inside one of the old stockades, circa 1960's. Photo Barracks inside the stockade at the Tucker Farm, from Lee Henslee's Scrapbook. circa 1920's. Wooden stockade, circa 1920's. Wooden stockade at Tucker, circa 1930. -vi- :r:=",~~ ~=_:.~~,~.,,'~~~;':'~~"'I -.... • ._, 'h ..~\ . ..... ., --. '~.' ,. -, ~:?; .~" , __.' h,-. I .~". '. - : " . "'~ -,- I ,. \ .' ~: . j,-,~ J "'I~ .... ·..LJ ""'" .', " ~ .•~. I, ;'1 q iJ r-IIJ"l il f.-....• ... 1. 11 ',J ~J LJ U\. .. U.",: .. ' J LJ LJ LJ ;.. ~. o .' (;) a ". 1\ .::: '.' ~1,' .•, .t.:tl . ~: . (:) ',< •___ ~ ... ~----"-''"'::~1.. .... ~ r ,-', _., .,,~~~.".......-""--'-- i!':i>tK - '. ] .. ..-.:..,;. ..-'".,J ;::::.r" * ,~_ .... ~.,." ...;.~ '!)!>~" . '_ Building the state capitol; inmate in stripes and Building the state capitol 1910; inmates taldng a break overseers watching On February 4, 1910. and viewing the construction. ~··-·-=~""··"·.:1'J·'~-. , . C----. State capitol under construction April 5, 1910. Roof Governor's reception room, first floor nonh end, lower end built with inmate labor. Photo pll'ovuded by Novelfnber L 1910. Secli'(;~KalfY of State's Office. r,.\.\ "...t... ·~.~I I The beautiful new state capitol, 1899~1916~seven· State capitol under construction in 1910. Note the ie.en years of struggle and strife to build, co~}dll1g the inmate in stripes. Photo provided by the Secretary oli State app1'OJJ:imately $2,205,779. The labor performed State's Office. by the convicts cost $100,000. --viii-· i 'II , '~J • < I " Inmates maldng concrete blod{ at dH~ Prison Fdlnn, ('ohml gin in 1914. circa 1930's. Cannery at Cummins, circa 1930's. Cotton gin at Cummins, circa 1930's. Gin, 1942. Cotton gin, 1942. Farming with mule teams, Cummins. First tractors used at Cummins. Farm equipment repair, 1985. Upholstery Program at Cummins, 1985. Duplicating Center at Cummins, 1985. -x- A group of 400 white convicts ready to be load­ ed on boxcars at the railroad station at Var­ ner, Arkansas, in Jan­ uary 1937. They were transported to Mem­ phis, Tennessee by train then down the Mis­ sissippi River on a barge to Helena, Arkansas to sandbag the river levee. A group of 555 blacl< convicts feddy to be load­ ed in boxcars at the rail­ road station at Varner, Arkansas in January, 1937--part of the work t:rew tram.!lported to Hel­ ena, Al'I'dnsas. A group of trustees that went along to guard the rank men. Two War­ dens and a Deputy Wardell (the whipping boss) also accompanied the 955 convicts on the trip to Helena, Arkan­ sas. -xi-- "':' .' Convict labor working on an automobile road in Carroll County in ., ,,;.: :": ..::..,:., .~~ 1918. Photo courtesy History Commission (this picture was in Arl<ansas Land of Opportunity written by Waddy W. Moore, page England, Arkansa& work detail- Tucker circa 1940. 269 - copyright 1975). Levy work· near Pine Bluff Levy work 555 black and 400 white inmates were transported by boxcar tCJ Memphis, Tennessee and down the Mississippi River by the barge to Helena, Arkansas. The purpose was to sandbag the levee, January 1937. --xii-- TABLE OF CONTENTS ARKANSAS STATE PENITENTIARY BOARD/BOARD OF CORRECTION ....................................... 1 ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITY LOCATIONS ......................................... 3 DIRECTORY -ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION ................................................. 4 ORGANIZATION CHART ................................................................................... 7 DIRECTOR and STAFF ..................................................................................... 8 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SERVICES ................................................................... 11 CONSTRUCTION and MAINTENANCE SERVICES ........................................................... 15 HEALTH and CORRECTIONAL SERVICES .................................................................. 19 Mental Health Services ................................................................................. 21 Medical Services ....................................................................................... 23 SUPPORT SERVICES ...................................................................................... 25 Internal and Legal Affairs/Classification ................................................................... 26 Compliance ........................................................................................... 28 Legislative and Public Affairs ............................................................................. 29 Chaplaincy Services .................................................................................... 30 Research, Planning and Management Services ............................................................. 31 Information Systems Division ............................................................................ 32 INSTITUTIONS ...................................................................... , .................... 33 Cummins Unit ......................................................................................... 34