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Prison Barbara Ester Unit to add additional beds, prisoners
By pbcommercial.com- Ray King
Published: 12/02/2016

About 175 inmates who are currently being housed in Little Rock will be transferred to the Barbara Ester Unit at Pine Bluff in the next few months, according to Arkansas Department of Correction Spokesman Solomon Graves.

On Thursday, Graves said the inmates, who are locked up at the Wrightsville satellite unit at the Pulaski County Jail, will be moved after the department told Little Rock it intended to cancel its yearly $1 lease.

In addition to the inmates currently housed at Little Rock, Graves said another 10 or so will also be transferred to Pine Bluff, as will 31 corrections officers assigned there. The department will also add 10 new positions for a total of 41.

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