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Special Needs Unit
Arkansas Department of Correction
Malvern, Arkansas
Brennan Architects, LLC, provided programming and design services for this 870-bed facility, which includes an outpatient clinic, hospice and hospital areas, and mental health treatment units with related ancillary areas.
The location of highly trained security and medical staff in a single facility allows the Department of Correction to provide improved and more efficient healthcare for this inmate population.This 352,000 square foot facility houses inmates with mental illness, physical disabilities, and those with terminal conditions or the ailments brought on by advanced years.
The facility accommodates all new inmates at the time of reception and those inmates requiring hospital-level care. The Special Needs Unit meets Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, as well as federal, state and local statutes pertaining to inmate care.