Title 12, Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs

(a) The purpose of the Board of Corrections is to manage correctional resources in the state such that offenders are held accountable for their actions, victims' needs are addressed in a positive manner, and the safety of society is enhanced. (b) In furtherance of its purpose, th…

(a) The Board of Corrections shall make available in conspicuous places all rules promulgated by the board with reference to the conduct of the persons committed to or housed in correctional facilities that are operated or contracted by the divisions and agencies the board govern…

(a) The Director of the Division of Correction shall be appointed by the Board of Corrections in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Corrections at a salary fixed by the Board of Corrections which shall not exceed the maximum salary for the position established b…

(a) For authentication of the records, process, and proceedings of the Division of Correction, the Director of the Division of Correction may adopt and keep an official seal for the use of his or her office, and the seal shall receive judicial notice in all of the courts of the s…

The Director of the Division of Correction and each person authorized by the Board of Corrections to assume the duties of the director on an interim or acting basis shall, before discharging his or her prescribed duties, take and subscribe to and file in the office of the Secreta…

The Board of Corrections shall locate the administrative headquarters of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction at a suitable site or sites to be chosen by the board.

(a) The Board of Corrections and the Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall decide what improvements are necessary, which are not otherwise provided by law. These improvements shall be made under the direction and supervision of the secretary. (b) In making any necessar…

(a) None of the lands under the control and jurisdiction of the State Penitentiary on March 1, 1968, shall be sold or otherwise disposed of by the Board of Corrections or the Department of Correction except upon specific authorization by the General Assembly. (b) (1) The authorit…

(a) (1) All commitments to the Division of Correction shall be to the Division of Correction and not to a particular institution.(2) Commitments may provide for judicial or administrative transfer to a community correction center operated or contracted by a division of the Depart…

(a) (1) (A) In the event a division of the Department of Corrections cannot accept inmates from county jails due to insufficient bed space, the department shall reimburse the counties from the County Jail Reimbursement Fund at rates determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the S…

(a) When any county in which a secured facility operated or contracted by a division of the Department of Corrections is located shall incur expenses in connection with any legal proceedings involved or occasioned by any inmate of the secured facility, the county shall be entitle…

(a) Except as authorized by the Board of Corrections, no officer of the Department of Correction or employee of the department shall give to anyone any fuel, forage, provisions, or manufactured articles under his or her charge, nor permit such things to be taken or used except fo…

As deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and approved by the Board of Corrections, the Department of Corrections may purchase identifying occupational uniforms for correctional personnel and community supervision personnel.

(a) (1) In order to provide adequate educational opportunities for school children of personnel employed at the various institutions of the Department of Correction, in those instances in which an institution includes territory in more than one (1) school district, school childre…

(a) During their employment by the Department of Correction, all employees of the state penitentiary on March 1, 1968, shall be eligible for benefits under and shall participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System. (b) All employees of the department employed afte…

The Governor is empowered to authorize the Department of Correction to participate, with the assistance of federal authorities, in any treaty between the United States and a foreign country for the transfer of inmates from the custody of the department to the proper authorities o…

(a) (1) The Division of Correction may establish accounts in financial institutions other than the State Treasury for the purpose of making debt service payments on bonds issued, or leases, or both, through the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and as otherwise authorized by…

(a) All employees of the Department of Corrections shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections, who shall report directly to the Board of Corrections. (b) The Compliance Division, which consists of but is not limited to a co…

(a) (1) The purpose of this act is to establish a Division of Community Correction that shall assume the management of all community correction facilities and services, execute the orders of the criminal courts of the State of Arkansas, and provide for the supervision, treatment,…

(a) There is established, under the supervision, control, and direction of the Board of Corrections, a Division of Community Correction. (b) The Division of Community Correction shall have the following functions, powers, and duties, administered in accordance with the policies a…

(a) The Director of the Division of Community Correction shall be appointed by the Board of Corrections in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Corrections at a salary fixed by the Board of Corrections, which shall not exceed the maximum salary for the position es…

(a) (1) A commitment shall be treated as a commitment to the Division of Correction and subject to regular transfer eligibility.(2) However, an inmate may be judicially or administratively transferred to a community correction center by the Division of Correction unless the court…

(a) There is created in accordance with §§ 19-4-801 — 19-4-805, and the Revenue Classification Law, § 19-40-101 et seq., a cash fund entitled the Division of Correction Nontax Revenue Receipts Fund to consist of receipts for telephone calls from coinless telephones located on Div…

(a) The Division of Correction may report to the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs no later than December 1 of each year regarding its efforts in rehabilitating the inmate population. (b)…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Division of Correction's commitment which may exist to the contrary, the Board of Corrections shall not increase any reimbursement rate for payments made to any county for the purpose of reimbursing the expenses of the care and custod…

(a) Receipts from cities or counties reimbursed to the Division of Correction for daily care of city or county prisoners shall be accounted for separately. (b) The debt service of such receipts shall be used for payment of debt service on bonds, loans, or any other instruments us…

There is created and established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Community Correction Revolving Fund”, which shall consist of those special revenues as specified in § 19-42-201(31) …

(a) The Division of Community Correction shall administer, in cooperation with the circuit courts, the provision of probation services as prescribed by the circuit courts. (b) The division shall establish an acceptable procedure that ensures the selection of qualified applicants …

(a) (1) In accordance with the rules and procedures promulgated by the Board of Corrections, the Director of the Division of Correction shall assign a newly committed inmate to an appropriate facility of the Division of Correction.(2) The director may transfer an inmate from one …

The Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction may provide services, furnishings, equipment, and office space to assist the Post-Prison Transfer Board in fulfilling the purposes for which the board was created by law.

(a) The following sections of the Division of Correction's official Emergency Preparedness Manual are confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.:(1) Command Post Checklist;(2) Command Notifications;(3) Int…

(a) The Board of Corrections may promulgate rules to allow inmates to participate in a meritorious furlough program which include a requirement that the county sheriff and the chief of police of the city or town, if applicable, shall be notified if an inmate will be present withi…

(a) The Division of Community Correction shall cooperate with and upon request make presentations and provide various reports, to the extent the division's budget will allow, to the Legislative Council concerning division policy and criteria on discretionary offender programs and…

(a) The Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction may enter into professional services contracts for medical services for a contract period not to exceed ten (10) years. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the professional services cont…

(1) When a Department of Corrections employee dies while still employed with the department, retires from service with at least twenty (20) years of service, or retires due to an injury obtained in the line of duty, in recognition of and appreciation for the service of the retiri…

(a) The Division of Community Correction may receive money from any source to be deposited into the Accountability Court Fund to be used for adult and juvenile specialty court programs as defined under § 16-10-139, based upon a formula to be developed by the Arkansas Judicial Cou…

(a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the Division of Correction shall post on the Division of Correction's website the following information concerning an inmate:(1) The offense and sentence for any conviction for which the inmate is incarcerated, including:(A) Whether the…

(a) The Division of Community Correction shall track a person under its supervision who is serving a suspended sentence and notify the prosecuting attorney with jurisdiction over the person's suspended sentence if the division knows that the person has not complied with the terms…

(a) A rule implemented by the Board of Corrections, Division of Correction, Division of Community Correction, or the Post-Prison Transfer Board pertaining to this act shall be approved by the appropriate legislative committee before becoming effective. (b) Any administrative dire…

(a) The following sections of the Division of Community Correction's official Emergency Preparedness Manual are confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.:(1) Command Post Checklist;(2) Command Notificatio…

For the purposes of maintaining a sufficiently trained and specialized staff of community supervision officers, the Division of Community Correction shall establish staffing guidelines using evidence-based practices to develop ratios between the number of high-risk, medium-risk, …

(a) Subject to the approval of the Board of Corrections, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections may authorize 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 …

The Division of Correction may enter into a cooperative agreement with a qualified state treatment and assessment agency to conduct assessments of juveniles in the custody of the division who are required to register as sex offenders under § 9-35-434 and pay for services upon rec…

(a) As used in this section, “Warrant Service Officer Program” means the program of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorizing state and local law enforcement officers to serve and execute administrative warrants under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Pay-for-Success Act”.

(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Incarceration and reincarceration are costly for the government and for taxpayers;(2) Certain intervention measures have been found to reduce reincarceration rates;(3) Pay-for-success contracts can serve as an effective tool for addressing …