Newport is home to the McPherson Unit. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in Newport and Jackson County Courts and courts of other cities in the Jackson County area areas. McPherson Unit is a minimum, medium and maximum prison facility. One of several in AR In order to visit inmates at McPherson Unit, you'll be traveling to Newport, AR, 72112-8043 in Jackson. The address of this facility is listed as 302 Corrections Dr. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.
Maintaining contact with friends and family is important for the health and wellbeing of both inmates and their family. Sadly, many prisons don't make this easy. Phone charges of up to $14 a minute for long distance calls create financial burdens on inmate families who must pay for these calls. Thankfully services from Securtel help avoid these additional charges by creating a local phone number an inmate can call that will connect to any long-distance number. By eliminating the long-distance surcharge, inmates can talk to friends and family at the local rate no matter where they might live. You can set this up with Securtel.coml at
inmate calls. To send mail to an inmate you can visit
send postcards. Once you get set up with call service and can communicate with your inmate, it will be easier to start making plans for visitation. AR has many types of prison facility. City Jails, County Jails, State Jails and State Penitentiaries will each have their own rules and times for visitation and even rules for sending and receiving inmate mail
McPherson Unit is a State Prison facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at McPherson Unit will be treated. Prisons and jails today charge for everything. You can expect to pay for soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps, books and even paper are all provided for a fee that is often many times higher than the price paid in the free world. Setting up an economical phone service so you can communicate without long distance charges is the first step. Then you should ask your inmate what else they will need and how you can properly send it.
McPherson Unit is located in the CST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in McPherson Unit by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at McPherson Unit. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.