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DOC notice tells Arkansas communities requirements for new prison site
By magnoliareporter.com
Published: 07/31/2014

A day after Magnolia-area leaders met to discuss prospects for bringing a state prison to South Arkansas, the Arkansas Board of Corrections formally requested interested communities to submit an “Expression of Interest” in the proposal by October 24.

In a legal notice sent to certain Arkansas publications on Wednesday, the board and the Department of Correction asked for a donation of property “for location of an estimated $100 million correctional facility to initially house 1,000 maximum security inmates. The unit will be constructed and operated by the ADC and will be expandable to approximately 2,000 beds.”

The notice said the prison will have approximately 250 jobs for the 1,000-bed unit and an annual operating budget of approximately $19 million.

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