Grimes Unit

The Grimes Unit is a medium- and maximum-security state prison for men located in Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas, owned and operated by the Arkansas Department of Corrections.^[1]

Grimes Unit

Location	300 Corrections Drive Newport, Arkansas
Status	medium / maximum
Capacity	1,012
Opened	1998
Managed by	Arkansas Department of Corrections

Location of Newport in Jackson County, and location of Jackson County in Arkansas

The facility was opened in 1998 and has a capacity of 1,012 inmates held at medium and maximum security.

Like the adjacent McPherson Unit for female inmates, originally Grimes was managed by the Wackenhut Corrections Corp. (now GEO Group), beginning in July 1997. In 2001, after operating both at losses, Wackenhut stated that it would not renew the contract.^[2]