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Breaking Ground at Cummins Prison Farm
Benjamin Laney, Jr., breaks ground on the Cummins Prison Farm for a new building in 1948.
C.F. West, Principal of Grady Colored School
Image is a black/white photograph of C.F. West, principal of Grady Colored School in Lincoln County.
Grady Colored School
Image is a black/white photograph of the Grady Colored School in Grady, Lincoln County, Arkansas.
Henry Williams
Image depicts Henry Williams, a representative for Lincoln County at the Arkansas General Assembly (1889 and 1891).
Prisoner with Warden's Sons at Cummins Unit
Prisoner Charlie Cotner poses with Cummins Unit Warden Lucius Acklin's sons, Jay and Eugene.
Lucius Jewel Acklin and Sons at Cummins Unit
Warden Lucius Acklin poses with his sons Jay and Eugene at the Cummins Unit Camp No. 3.
Prisoner on Horseback Posing with Children
Prisoner and children riding on horseback at the Cummins Unit.
River Baptism at Cummins Unit
Cummins Unit prisoners are baptized in the Arkansas River. Reverend was an inmate himself.
Women at the Cummins Women's Prison
Front: "Colored Women's Prison Cummins Ark. 1949"
Wave of the Future
Cartoonist Jon Kennedy depicts a hair salon inside the Cummins Unit, providing inmates with stylish new haircuts. Prisoners show off their new 'dos.