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| prison_name    = Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility
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| location       = [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]]
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| status         = open 
| classification = 
| capacity       = 576
| opened         = 1990
| closed         = 
| managed_by     = [[Arkansas Department of Correction]]
| director       = 
}}

The '''Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility''' is a [[prison]] of the [[Arkansas Department of Correction]] (ADC) located in the "Pine Bluff Complex" in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], [[Arkansas]].<ref>"[http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/facilities/facilities5.html#pine Pine Bluff Unit/Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility]." [[Arkansas Department of Correction]]. Retrieved on June 28, 2010.</ref> The 576-bed facility sits on a {{convert|10|acre|ha|adj=on}} plot of land.<ref name="NewWilliams">"ADC Acquires Jefferson County Jail." ''[http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/pdf/reports/2008_annual_report.pdf Financial Year 2008 Annual Report]''. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20101103115213/http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/pdf/reports/2008_annual_report.pdf Archive]) [[Arkansas Department of Correction]]. Retrieved on March 8, 2011.</ref>

The facility previously served as the [[Jefferson County, Arkansas|Jefferson County]] Jail. Around 2008 the county opened the new W. C. "Dub" Brassel Adult Detention Facility and vacated the previous county jail. ADC purchased the former jail in 2008 and renamed it the Williams Correctional Facility in April of that year, after [[Randall L. Williams]], a former [[Arkansas House of Representatives|state representative]] for [[Drew County, Arkansas|Drew County]] and thereafter from 1970 to 1993 a Jefferson County circuit judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Judge-Randall-L.-Williams-90278792|title=Judge Randall L. Williams|publisher=tributes.com|date=December 16, 2010|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref>

Williams was the chairperson of the board of ADC from 1993 to 2000. ADC uses the facility as additional intake space, and after ADC acquired the facility, it moved the special management barracks,<ref name="NewWilliams"/> a unit for prisoners with counseling and mental health requirements,<ref>"[http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/pdf/facts_brochure2006.pdf 2006 Fact Brochure] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806120702/http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/pdf/facts_brochure2006.pdf |date=2009-08-06 }}." [[Arkansas Department of Correction]]. 36 (36/38). Retrieved on March 8, 2011.</ref> to Williams from the [[Cummins Unit]].<ref name="NewWilliams"/>

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==External links==
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* "[http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/facilities/facilities5.html#pine Pine Bluff Unit/Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility]." [[Arkansas Department of Correction]].
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