Monticello Live

Posted below is a letter from the Arkansas Department of Correction to Drew County Judge Robert Akin, inviting the county to bid become the future home Arkansas’s next maximum-security prison, housing 1000–2000 inmates, providing 250 to 500 jobs.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections and the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) request interested communities to submit an Expression of Interest to donate property for location of an estimated
$100,000,000 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.
Benefits to the local economy will include approximately 250 jobs for the 1,000 bed unit and an annual operating budget of approximately $19,000,000. The average salary for employees of an ADC institution is approximately $12.75 per hour. After expansion, the unit will employ approximately 500 individuals and will have an annual operating budget of approximately $38,000,000.
The Board of Corrections will select the site for location of the new facility. The location chosen should include at least 400 acres, be roughly square, and generally flat. The allowable net bearing capacity of the soils should be no less than twenty-five hundred (2,500) pounds per square foot. The site should preferably be in a Zone-One seismic area and be clear of any environmental or archaeological concerns or sacred grounds. A paved public roadway bordering one side of the site is desired. The site should be
in close proximity to community and major medical resources and to adequate utilities (gas, electricity, water, and sewer) as well as to population centers for staff recruitment consideration and a university/college/community college for staff retention and development.
Communities interested in submitting a proposed site can download the information at ADC’s website:

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