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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-32-101 — under Treatment of Female Inmates or Detainees.

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-32-101

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Correctional or detention facility” means:(A) A local or state correctional facility or detention facility that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of the state, including a city jail, county jail, or facility operated by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction; or(B) A post-incarceration residential reentry facility designed to house a person on parole;(2) “Detainee” includes a person detained under the immigration laws of the United States;(3) “Inmate” means any person incarcerated in a correctional or detention facility for any reason;(4) “Labor” means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix;(5) “Post-partum” means the eight-week period following delivery of a child, unless a longer period is determined to be necessary by the healthcare professional responsible for the health and safety of the inmate or detainee; and(6) (A) “Restraints” means a physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of an inmate's or detainee's body or limbs, including without limitation:(i) Flex cuffs;(ii) Soft restraints;(iii) Hard metal handcuffs;(iv) A black box;(v) Chubb cuffs;(vi) Leg irons;(vii) Belly chains;(viii) A security tether or chain;(ix) A convex shield; and(x) Restraints connecting more than one (1) inmate or detainee.(B) “Restraints” does not include a door to a room.

(1) “Correctional or detention facility” means:(A) A local or state correctional facility or detention facility that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of the state, including a city jail, county jail, or facility operated by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction; or(B) A post-incarceration residential reentry facility designed to house a person on parole;

(A) A local or state correctional facility or detention facility that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of the state, including a city jail, county jail, or facility operated by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction; or

(B) A post-incarceration residential reentry facility designed to house a person on parole;

(2) “Detainee” includes a person detained under the immigration laws of the United States;

(3) “Inmate” means any person incarcerated in a correctional or detention facility for any reason;

(4) “Labor” means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix;

(5) “Post-partum” means the eight-week period following delivery of a child, unless a longer period is determined to be necessary by the healthcare professional responsible for the health and safety of the inmate or detainee; and

(6) (A) “Restraints” means a physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of an inmate's or detainee's body or limbs, including without limitation:(i) Flex cuffs;(ii) Soft restraints;(iii) Hard metal handcuffs;(iv) A black box;(v) Chubb cuffs;(vi) Leg irons;(vii) Belly chains;(viii) A security tether or chain;(ix) A convex shield; and(x) Restraints connecting more than one (1) inmate or detainee.(B) “Restraints” does not include a door to a room.

(A) “Restraints” means a physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of an inmate's or detainee's body or limbs, including without limitation:(i) Flex cuffs;(ii) Soft restraints;(iii) Hard metal handcuffs;(iv) A black box;(v) Chubb cuffs;(vi) Leg irons;(vii) Belly chains;(viii) A security tether or chain;(ix) A convex shield; and(x) Restraints connecting more than one (1) inmate or detainee.

(i) Flex cuffs;

(ii) Soft restraints;

(iii) Hard metal handcuffs;

(iv) A black box;

(v) Chubb cuffs;

(vi) Leg irons;

(vii) Belly chains;

(viii) A security tether or chain;

(ix) A convex shield; and

(x) Restraints connecting more than one (1) inmate or detainee.

(B) “Restraints” does not include a door to a room.