Arkansas Administrative Code

12 CAR § 60-103. Inmate DNA testing. (a) Applicability. This section applies to employees and inmates of the Division of Correction. (b) Policy. To comply with Acts 1997, No. 737, as amended by Acts 2001, No. 218, titled, “DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders Act” by est…

12 CAR § 60-104. Inmate commissaries. (a) Policy. It shall be the policy of the Division of Correction to provide inmate commissaries from which inmates may purchase products. (b) Explanation. (1) Sale price of commissary products shall be as established and approved by the Board…

12 CAR § 60-105. Funds of offenders. (a) Purpose. To ensure that proper and accurate accounting records for funds of offenders are maintained at each facility. (b) Applicability. To the warden/center supervisor/accounting staff of each facility responsible for the establishment a…

12 CAR § 60-106. Use of telephones. (a) Purpose. To establish policy and procedures concerning offender access to telephones. (b) Applicability. To all offenders and all employees involved in authorizing the use of telephones by offenders. (c) Policy. (1) It shall be the policy t…

12 CAR § 60-107. Chaplaincy services. (a) Purpose. To establish access to religious ministers and materials, and to ensure opportunities for the practice of religion within the Department of Corrections. (b) Applicability. This section applies to: (1) All staff and offenders of t…

12 CAR § 60-108. Grievance procedures for offenders. (a) Applicability. This section applies to employees and offenders of the Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction staff, inmates, and residents of community correction centers. (b) Policy. It is the policy o…

12 CAR § 60-109. Discrimination and racial issues. (a) Policy. To prohibit discrimination with regard to inmate disciplinary action, transfers, institutional program assignments, and other such matters on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin. (b) Explanation. (1)(A…

12 CAR § 60-110. Transfer eligibility to the Division of Community Correction. (a) Purpose. To establish criteria for inmate transfer eligibility from the Division of Correction to the Division of Community Correction in accordance with conditions established by the Post-Prison T…

12 CAR § 60-111. Sentence computation and tracking. (a) Purpose. To describe the procedures staff shall use to compute and track offender sentences during confinement. (b) Applicability. To Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction staff, especially records pers…

12 CAR § 60-112. Electronic monitoring after 120 days served. (a) Policy. The Division of Correction will have an appropriate process and/or procedures for identifying and certifying to the Post-Prison Transfer Board eligible Division of Correction inmates to be considered for re…

12 CAR § 60-113. Meritorious good time. (a) Purpose. To ensure a uniform method of awarding meritorious good time in accordance with Arkansas Code. (b) Applicability. Directors of the Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction, respective staff of the Division of…

12 CAR § 60-114. Inmate emergency work assignments during disasters. (a) Policy of Division of Correction. To establish uniform procedures and ensure the safety and security of all inmates, staff, and community when assisting the Division of Emergency Management and/or Arkansas N…

12 CAR § 60-115. Earned Release Credits Committee. (a) Purpose. To establish the Earned Release Credits Committee in accordance with Arkansas law. (b) Applicability. The Department of Corrections. (c) Policy. It shall be the policy of the Board of Corrections to establish an Earn…

12 CAR § 60-116. Accrual of Earned Release Credits. (a) Purpose. The purpose of this part is to ensure a uniform method by which inmates may accrue earned release credits in accordance with Arkansas law. (b) Applicability. This part is applicable to eligible inmates in the custod…

12 CAR § 60-201. Personal cleanliness and grooming for offenders. (a) Applicability. All offenders under the care and custody of the Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction (divisions). (b) Policy. To provide for the health and hygiene of offenders confined or…

12 CAR § 60-202. Health services. (a) Purpose. This section establishes the mission, components, adherence to appropriate standards, and review mechanisms for the provision of healthcare services in the Division of Correction. (b) Applicability. (1) This section applies to all pr…

12 CAR § 60-203. Prenatal care/pregnant inmates/residents. (a) Applicability. Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction inmates/residents and employees. (b) Policy. (1) To ensure that pregnant inmates/residents of the Division of Correction and the Division of C…

12 CAR § 60-204. Terminal illness or permanently incapacitated. (a) Applicability. This section applies to medical staff, consulting physicians, members of the public, and to administrative staff of the Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction and to inmates/re…

12 CAR § 60-301. Safety and sanitation. (a) Purpose. To provide the Department of Corrections with a procedure for safety and sanitation. (b) Applicability. To all employees and offenders responsible for maintaining safety and sanitation procedures at the facility. (c) Policy. To…

12 CAR § 60-302. Food service. (a) Purpose. To ensure inmates are provided tasteful and nutritious meals while observing recommended dietary allowances and the basic safety and sanitation requirements for food service programs. (b) Applicability. To all employees: (1) In food ser…

12 CAR § 60-303. Transporting/escorting offenders. (a) Purpose. To describe policies and procedures used by the Division of Correction/Division of Community Correction when supervising offenders who require escorted transportation outside the units/centers. (b) Applicability. War…

12 CAR § 60-304. Administrative transfer. (a) Purpose. To establish criteria for the administrative transfer of individuals from the Division of Correction to a community correction center operated by the Division of Community Correction. (b) Applicability. Employees of the Divis…

12 CAR § 60-305. Reporting of incidents. (a) Policy. (1) It is the policy of the Board of Corrections to ensure that all serious incidents occurring within a facility or center housing inmates or offenders, or while an offender is under the supervision of the Department of Correc…

12 CAR § 60-306. Physical attacks on state employees. (a) Policy of the Department of Corrections. (1) To treat as criminal acts all physical assaults by inmates on: (A) State employees; (B) Volunteers; or (C) Visitors. (2) Such acts are subject to prosecution by the prosecuting …

12 CAR § 60-307. Use of audio-visual equipment. (a) Policy. (1) It shall be the policy of Division of Correction units to make use of audio-visual equipment, when possible, to ensure that only necessary use of force is employed to control/manage inmates while in custody of the Di…

12 CAR § 60-308. Use of chemical agents and other nonlethal weapons. (a) Policy. (1) It shall be the policy of the Division of Correction to ensure that the use of chemical agents and other nonlethal weapons against an inmate be undertaken with a minimum amount of force. (2) Only…

12 CAR § 60-309. Use of restraints. (a) Purpose. To provide Department of Corrections personnel or contracted staff guidance regarding the use of restraints. (b) Applicability. Wardens/center supervisors, chief administrative officers, security personnel, any staff required to re…

12 CAR § 60-310. Prison Rape Elimination Act. (a) Policy. It is the policy of the Department of Corrections that zero tolerance exists regarding the rape, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment of inmates, whether by staff or other inmates. (b) Explanation. (1)(A) It has been a polic…

12 CAR § 60-311. Emergency preparedness. (a) Purpose. To authorize the establishment of emergency preparedness plans for the Division of Correction. (b) Applicability. To all division staff, contracted employees, and any and all other persons admitted to the grounds or facilities…

12 CAR § 60-312. Inmates housed in county jails and city jails (Acts 1983, No. 309). (a) Purpose. To establish rules pursuant to Acts 1983, No. 309, as amended, Acts 1991, No. 1112, as amended, Acts 1993, No. 532, as amended, and Acts 1997, Nos. 115 and 936, and to delineate the …

12 CAR § 60-313. Internal affairs and investigations. (a) Policy. (1) It shall be the policy of the Department of Corrections to investigate incidents, events, or occurrences in a timely, efficient, and procedurally correct manner. (2) The Secretary of the Department of Correctio…

12 CAR § 60-314. County jail reimbursement of medical expenses. (a) Purpose. To establish rules by which counties may be reimbursed for emergency medical expenses of inmates required to be housed in county jails while awaiting bedspace in a secured facility operated or contracted…

12 CAR § 60-401. Staff assignments and housing. (a) Policy. (1) It shall be the policy of the Department of Corrections to ensure that state-supplied housing, or space for employee-provided housing (mobile homes), are available to only those individuals in approved positions and …

12 CAR § 60-402. Searches of employees and permission to search employees’ living quarters on state property. (a) Purpose. To describe the search procedures. (b) Applicability. To all employees. (c) Policy. To ensure the security of a correctional facility, a search of any of its…

12 CAR § 60-403. Payment of death benefit. (a) Purpose. To establish criteria for the payment of a death benefit from special revenues held by the Department of Corrections or its various divisions to any department employee killed in the line of duty. (b) Applicability. All empl…

12 CAR § 70-101. Inmate correspondence. (a) Policy. To establish guidelines for correspondence between inmates and certain persons and organizations for the purpose of: (1) Retaining community ties; (2) Stimulating intellectual pursuits; (3) Assisting in attainment of vocational …

12 CAR § 70-102. Inmate name changes for religious purposes. (a) Purpose. To ensure a uniform method of record keeping that allows inmates to receive services and information under a new name when legally changed by the appropriate courts. (b) Applicability. To all employees and …

12 CAR § 70-103. Inmate property control. (a) Purpose. To describe the procedures that will be used to process inmate property control. (b) Applicability. To all employees and especially those involved in the control of inmate property, and all inmates. (c) Policy. It shall be th…

12 CAR § 70-104. Protective custody. (a) Policy. (1)(A) The Division of Correction shall provide protective custody housing at certain units/centers within the division. (B) This housing space must restrict unauthorized and unsupervised contact with the general population. (2) In…

12 CAR § 70-105. Publications. (a) Applicability. This section applies to employees and inmates of the Division of Correction. (b) Definitions. As used in this section, “publications” means: (1) Books; (2) Magazines; (3) Catalogs; (4) Advertising brochures; (5) Religious tracts; …

12 CAR § 70-106. Punitive segregation. (a) Purpose. To describe conditions under which inmates may be held in punitive segregation as a result of violations of Division of Correction rules. (b) Applicability. To all employees and especially those involved in the operation of puni…

12 CAR § 70-107. Temporary release/meritorious and emergency furloughs. (a) Policy. It shall be the policy of the Division of Correction (division) to grant furloughs to inmates pursuant to established requirements and conditions. (b) Purpose. To provide a mechanism for the tempo…

12 CAR § 70-108. Visitation. (a) Purpose. To describe the offender visiting program that will be used in the Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction. (b) Applicability. All employees and especially those involved in the visitation process, offenders, and visit…

12 CAR § 70-109. Boot camp program. (a) Purpose. To establish policy concerning the operation of a boot camp program. (b) Applicability. To eligible inmates and Division of Correction staff. (c) Policy. (1) It shall be the policy of the Division of Correction to allow selected in…

12 CAR § 70-110. Educational services. (a) Purpose. This section establishes the policy of the Division of Correction with respect to education and the interactions between educational services and the administration of the division. (b) Applicability. This section applies to: (1…

12 CAR § 70-111. Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act. (a) Purpose. (1) To establish the policy by which the Board of Corrections may, when the prison population exceeds ninety-eight percent (98%) of the rated capacity, release inmates from the Division of Correction prior to…

12 CAR § 70-112. Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act — County Jail Backlog. (a) Purpose. To establish the policy by which the Board of Corrections may, when the county jail backlog exceeds five hundred (500) inmates, release eligible inmates from the Division of Correction p…

12 CAR § 70-113. Volunteer services. (a) Purpose. This section establishes the process for recruiting, screening, approval, training, coordinating, and documenting the activities of volunteers within the Division of Correction. (b) Applicability. The Coordinator of Volunteer Serv…

12 CAR § 70-201. Arkansas Correctional Industries. (a) Purpose. To establish policy and procedures concerning the manufacture, sales, and distribution of Arkansas Correctional Industries-made goods. (b) Applicability. (1) To all ACI employees, to all offices, departments, institu…

12 CAR § 70-202. Industry program procedures, sales, or acquisitions between public procurement units. (a) Policy. It shall be the policy of the Division of Correction to extend authorization to the Purchasing Division of the Division of Correction and the Industry Division of th…