Address:
4823 W. 7th St.
Little Rock, AR 72205

Phone: (501) 682-9800

Warden: Donald Webb
Head of Security: Captain Kematick
Treatment Coordinator: Moki Ellison
Mailroom Contact: Karen Hogan - (501) 682-9709

If you need someone decent to talk to at the facility. Call the main number and ask for Officer Badgett or Officer Junior. They will both help you and treat you like a real human being.

Inmates: 150
Guards: 20
Treatment Staff: 10

There are 4 wings and 2 levels. A-Wing (segregation), C-Wing *30*(Handicap), D-Wing *60* (General), E-Wing *60* (General).

Inmates are free to move about the facility by signing in and out of the wings. There are no bars or doors. 1 Guard per wing. No pepper spray, guns, or weapons of any kind. The center is mostly ran by the treatment staff and other inmates.

This is a therapuetic community.

Max Sentence: 36 months
Min Sentence: 4 months
Time to Serve on Sentence: 1/2

IPO (Parole Officer): Sonya Burns

Visitation: Visitation is allowed immediatly after the inmate has spent the first 3 days in A-Wing and a visitatio form is completed. They will not tell you that you are approved, you will have to either check or ask the person on the inside.

Last Name A-M Saturday 12-4
Last Name N-Z Sunday 12-4

You are allowed to visit one of the two days. By default the above is the way your schedule will be setup. You do have the option to change your visitation day ONCE. So, make sure that you want that day.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions. I paroled from this unit about a year ago.

I have a daughter that was sentenced to RPF, shes just waiting for a bed.
Were not sure where she'll be sent. Rumor is Pine Bluff. I know that she will have to go thru some kind of diagnostic. She has lupis, and a several other medical conditons. I have been getting conflicting answers about what she can and cannot have in rpf. Can I send her personal items or will she have to buy them at the commissary? Thanks for any help you can give me.
mandysmom:confused:

There are a few units in Arkansas for women, Mcpherson in Newport, one in Pine Bluff and Hawkins unit for Women in Wrightsville.I don't know anything about the RPF program.But she most likely will be sent to Pine Bluff for diagnostic adn then sent to another unit.In most units you will have to send money in to her commissary for her to purchase her personal hygene items and other stuff she will need.I don't think you can send her anything...but like I say I know nothing about RPF so it may be different then what I am use to.Hang in there Mandysmom.We are here for you on PTO. Kitty

kitty you mentioned you read about Hawkins in your local paper. I would love to read the article. Do you think it would be published on the web? I also don't know much about RPF. I have heard that it is more relaxed and more personal. I can't seem to find out anything. The county jail where she in now is of no help at all. Dealing with lazy people here.
Thanks again

jasper, thanks for your help. like I said I'm not really sure where she will be going. We have heard rumors about Pine Bluff. I know nothing about Prison. Where do I start to find out about the women's units. I really can't do a whole lot until we find out where she is going. I would just like to be somewhat prepared.
Thank you for your help

I just joined this group and searched for Arkansas. My husband is currently in the diagnostic unit in Pine Bluff. He is waiting to be transfered. I'm just looking for other people like me who are trying to hold it all together until he gets home. Am I in the right place?? I do have a website for the Arkansas Department of Corrections with a lot of information is anyone is interested...

Welcome Jimmysbabygirl, Yes you did find the right place:) There are lots of people here on PTO who can give you advice.They have walked in yur shoes and can help you get thru.When you have questions post on here or PM someone.Be Blessed,Kitty

The article is not exactly what you will must likely want to hear....It was in The Morning news......It was about guards being caught taking pictures of the inmates as they showered.Try a search for today's morning news, it most likey was in the Democrat Gazette also.
You can go to the Arkansas Dept.Corrections website and it will give you some info on the units.Good Luck Kitty

In reference to the article your talking about with the guards taking pictures of the inmates as they showered...My husband was in protective custody in a county jail for 30 days (he was treated like a human being) and is now at the diagnostic unit waiting to be transfered. He said they get showers on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He said when it's time for showers all of the women guards come watch....It just seems so inhumane!! We're really hoping he gets transfered this week.

He's been there a week today. Does anyone know how long they usually stay at the diagnostic unit???

Sorry you are going thru this tough time in your life.It is hard to see our loved ones being treated with no respect,but when they go in it seems they lose so very much.
I have heard they can be there for a few days to a few weeks depending on how crowded they are and if there are open beds in units to send them to.
Hang in there.....he needs you so very much to get him thru.Kitty

There is a website for Department of Community Corrections. you might try searching Deparment of community corrections in arkansas. I can't post the website because I have not made twenty five post. It really doesn't give you much information, but she will have to buy hygine items through commisary. I know about the male facility in osceola, I'm sure there is not that much difference. If you would like to know anything else I might be able to help you just send me a message. Keep your head up, and stay strong!

jasper81 Thanks for that info.

Jimmy our loved ones must have been in diagnostics at the same time. My son also told me about the showers and the female CO watching. He made it appear to me that it was more like leering then just "guarding". I almost went into another tangent then stopped and thought about it. The male guards watch the female inmates shower. Personally I think ADC is setting these inmates up. One wrong look, move, gesture and they would write them up. I mean how hard could it be to have male COs watch the men shower and female COs watch the women shower. I am not even talking about the modesty part of this situation, I am talking about safety issues. What CO wants to be accused of sexual impropriety while watching a naked female? What male inmate wants to be accused of sexual impropriety while showering naked in front of a female? If an erection occurs will that become a sexual offense? If the male inmate is in for a sexual offense, does this seem right to place him naked in front of a female? Once again I say the ADC is setting them up.

I am new here and my husband was sentenced to RCF for 12 months. He has been in county for 5 days now. Does anyone know how long he will have to serve on a probation plus sentence. He got 12 months and then 60 months on probation. I have been told that he will do 60 days in county that he is not getting credit for, then he will do 6 to 7 months in RCF. But the lady at the main RCF number told me that he will do the full 12 months and that his time will not start till he gets to RCF. I am so confused as I have never been through this before. The probation officer that my husband had would not work with him at all. She threw the book at him and resigned the same day. The attorney that we had was incompetent and told my husband to take the plea deal and so now we are stuck. When he arrived this past monday at county they had ADC on his paperwork and he is freaking out that he is not going to go to the correct facility. They told me something about Diagnostics in Pine Bluff. I just wish that I could get a straight answer out of someone.

chatterbugg, sorry i've been adbsent from the forums lately. The system changes, especially with RPF (which is now known as DCC.)

I was there for 2 yeras and was released in 2005. They have an issue with space and unlike the county jails and ADC they will not over crowd the units. They usually end up with early releases around Christmas time.

If he has a 12 month sentence to DCC, he will serve that 12 months. At the time of my release they were offering "2 for 1" credit on parole not time in. I spoke with a friend of mine tonight that was released from DCC early due to changes in the system to free space. Honestly, he may get out in 6 months. Once he gets there, he will get a time card that will tell him his release date. *Usually* they will get jail credit from the date they were sentenced unless it's stated on his comittment papers by the court to allow for the credit he spent in the country jail prior to being sentenced to DCC.

In regards to ADC being on his paperwork. That is the case with the county jail. DCC is something that even the courts don't seem to understand really. Even though it's the prison system (ADC) it's still in the family and they will get an ADC number. The best way to figure out if he's set to goto the right place is to have him look at his "Order of Comittment" he got from court. It will state Regional Punishment Facility if it's DCC. Another way, is if he knows his ADC number. If that number starts with a "6" it's DCC.

It's a common mistake for the jails to tell him he will goto Pine Bluff for Diagnostics, when in fact, DCC does it's own intake at the facility.


Now, to the better part. DCC is not a prison and it's not hard to deal with for a year. There is no violence and there are no weapons. Your husband will be in what's called "A-Wing" for his first 3 days (isolation) while they verifiy his medical and such. After that he will move out to population.

Most DCC units are old hospitals and setup with dorn style rooms (6-12 people) with no locking doors. The thing to remember is that in DCC there are no bars (outside of isolation) and there are no guns or tazers. The guards (referred to as security staff) are generally nice and don't do a lot like you hear about in ADC. They are there to make sure that the counts are right and everyone is safe.

The purpose of DCC is to provide rehabilitation to people and help them get their lives back in order. I admit they do this in a way that will make you want to scream when you get there. Not from pain but from change. My advice to your husband is to do what he's told, make an effort to listen and work the program.

Overall, DCC will treat him much, much better than ADC and he will have more chances to make this nightmare go away.

As to food, they do offer a decent meal there. I do remember that. And he will have a counselor that will meet with him weekly and classes daily. It's all about organization. They wakeup at 4:30AM and lights are out at 10:30 (they can sleep before then.) During the weekends it's more lax and they can roam around more, movies are shown at night and visitation takes place.

I can only speak for the Little Rock unit, but I was impressed with visitation. If you have children it's okay to bring them. It looks like a gym with paintings on the wall and toys. The guards are friendly and not overbearing.

For what it's worth. I hated going through what I went through as far as jail. But, had it not been for DCC, I wouldn't have changed. I have a lot of respect for it.

I hope this helps you a bit and feel free to message me if you have any more questions.

I am around usually once a day if anyone has any questions about DCC/RPF. I know how confusing it can all be, trust me. I've been in there and I know how it works.

Don't think twice about sending me a private message. I know how my family felt when they didn't know what was going on. So, I'm making myself available.

can you be transfered from adc to dcc?

The short answer to, "can you be transfered from adc to dcc"? is yes. There are different laws depending on the sentence, crime etc.
The TE (transfer eligibility) date is the date an Inmate can apply to be transferred to Community Corrections. It is not an automatic transfer and has to be OK'd by the ADC, Community Corrections and (I think?) the Parole Board has to approve it also.

So you half to wait for the TE, Is there anyway can be done prior to TE? sentence was 5 years for firing firearm from a car, possesion by certain persons, theft by receiving. does that help any? Thanks so much for you help

Perhaps any good time credit or credit for finishing specific programs in the ADC, may? ? make an Inmate eligible sooner. It is fairly cut and dried...

hi my son well be going into county the 30th and on to RPF weve been told by hes lawyer most likely in Texarkana,arkansas as far as we know now for 18 mo..
Anything you are any one can tell me are get me intouch with for information well be apreated. thank you

For the RFP programs, are females sent to Texarkana or can they? I have a friend who was told that is where she would be going but information we find on the internet says that that is a mens facilities.

Thanks for any info.