Tucker, Arkansas

Tucker is an Unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Arkansas.

[8] The Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) operates the ADC Complex in Tucker; the complex is off Arkansas Highway 15, 9 miles (14 km) south of England and 25 miles (40 km) north of Pine Bluff.

The final execution at Tucker, before the death penalty in Arkansas was declared to be unconstitutional, took place in 1964.

[13] In 1978 a new death chamber opened in Cummins, so Tucker Unit was no longer the point of execution.

[12] In 1986, male death row inmates were moved to the Maximum Security Unit in Tucker.

[13] In 2000, the ADC training academy moved to its current location from the former Barnes School building.

[15] When members of the Tucker family operated the post office, the family used the post office as a makeshift banking facility via money order sales; the scheme was used to support customers who were not able to afford establishing conventional bank accounts.

[25] The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district.

Tucker School
Map of Arkansas highlighting Jefferson County