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

(a) (1) The Division of Correction may enter into marketing contracts with dealers, retailers, distributors, and manufacturer representatives permitting them to market and sell all products and services produced by the Division of Correction industry program in accordance with ex…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Prison-Made Goods Act of 1967”.

(1) Whereas, the means now provided for the employment of prison labor are inadequate to furnish a sufficient number of prisoners with diversified employment, it is declared to be the intent of this subchapter:(1) To further provide more adequate, regular, and suitable employment…

The Board of Corrections may purchase, in the manner provided by law, equipment, raw materials, and supplies and engage supervisory personnel necessary to establish and maintain for this state, at the Division of Correction or institution under control of the board, industries fo…

(a) (1) All offices, departments, divisions, institutions, and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by this state, and all political subdivisions of this state, may purchase, at the discretion of the office, department, division, institution, or agency, …

(a) A nonprofit organization may purchase goods produced by the Division of Correction's Industry Division as provided for by this subchapter. (b) (1) Goods produced by the Industry Division as provided for by this subchapter may also be purchased by:(A) Current employees and ret…

(a) The Board of Corrections shall fix and determine the prices at which all articles or products manufactured or produced shall be furnished. (b) The prices shall be uniform and nondiscriminating to all and shall not exceed the wholesale market prices with the exception of goods…

(a) The Board of Corrections shall cause to be prepared, at such times as the board may determine, catalogues containing the description of all articles and products manufactured or produced by the board pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter. (b) Copies of the catalogue s…

(1) The articles or products manufactured or produced by prison labor in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter shall be devoted:(1) First, to fulfilling the requirements of the offices, departments, institutions, and agencies of this state that are supported in whole …

(a) The Division of Correction's Industry Division shall make an annual full and detailed report of:(1) All materials, machinery, or other property procured, the cost of the materials, machinery, or other property procured, and the expenditures made during the last preceding year…

The Board of Corrections shall have power and authority to prepare and promulgate rules which are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this subchapter with respect to matters of administration and procedure respecting them.

No voucher, certificate, or warrant issued on the Auditor of State by any office, department, institution, or agency shall be questioned by the Auditor of State or by the Treasurer of State on the grounds that this subchapter has not been complied with by the office, department, …

If an intentional violation of this subchapter by any office, department, institution, or agency continues, after notice from the Governor to desist, then the intentional violation shall constitute a malfeasance in office and shall subject the person or persons responsible for th…

(a) Incident to the employment of prisoners as provided in this subchapter, the Board of Corrections is authorized to:(1) Erect buildings;(2) Purchase, install, or replace equipment;(3) Procure tools, supplies, and materials;(4) Employ personnel; and(5) Otherwise defray necessary…

Any contractor or subcontractor who has entered into a contract with or for the benefit of a state board, state agency, or state-supported institution of higher education for constructing, equipping, or operating, in whole or in part, any facility of the board, agency, or institu…

(a) The Division of Correction shall make maximum utilization of the farm lands of the various institutions of the division through the use of modern agricultural machinery, equipment, and technology in producing crops and livestock for use in feeding prisoners and for sale on th…

It shall be the duty of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service to cooperate with the Director of the Division of Correction to the end that proper crops may be planted to the best advantage and proper methods of soil treatment may be utilized and proper methods …

(a) It shall be the duty of the various state institutions to purchase, as far as possible, products grown or produced by the state upon its Division of Correction and other farms, giving the state preference wherever possible. (b) (1) Sales shall be made at prevailing market pri…

(a) The Director of the Division of Correction, by and with the consent and approval of the Board of Corrections, shall make all sales of commodities and articles produced and offered for sale by the various penal institutions under his or her supervision. (b) The director shall …

(a) All purchases for or in behalf of the Division of Correction and its various institutions shall be in strict compliance with the state purchasing laws and applicable rules promulgated thereunder. (b) All expenditures of funds appropriated for the division shall be in accordan…

(a) (1) The Division of Correction may make payment from the Division of Correction Inmate Care and Custody Fund Account to the Division of Correction Farm Fund in an amount not to exceed fifty cents (50¢) on each dollar's worth of food produced on the Division of Correction's fa…

(a) The Board of Corrections, in its discretion and with the Governor's approval, may cease or abandon the cultivation of any land now owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the board and may rent or lease the land not cultivated, or abandoned and not needed in the prop…

(a) All inmates committed to the Division of Correction for institutional care shall be required to participate in the various work programs to which assigned and may be afforded vocational training and rehabilitative opportunities in accordance with rules and procedures therefor…

(a) The Community Correction Revolving Fund may borrow from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund for the establishment of new work-release centers for the Division of Correction. (b) The loans shall be repaid by the end of the fiscal year in which the loans are made.

The Board of Corrections and the Director of the Division of Correction will govern the administration of work-release programs with the promulgation of rules and procedures subject to the continuing review by the Governor, who shall have the right to revise and rescind any such …

(a) No person shall be allowed to participate in any work-release program conducted by or for the Division of Correction if convicted of:(1) A capital offense;(2) Murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102;(3) Rape, § 5-14-103;(4) Kidnapping, § 5-11-102; or(5) Aggravated robbery a se…

(1) The Division of Correction may make contractual arrangements for use of inmate labor by the following prioritized list:(1) Other state departments, divisions, and agencies;(2) Counties, cities, and school districts; and(3) Civic organizations, other nonprofit organizations, a…

(a) Under any work-release program, earnings by the inmate shall be paid directly to the Division of Correction and applied as follows:(1) The division shall retain an amount to be established by the Director of the Division of Correction which will reasonably compensate the divi…

(a) (1) (A) The Board of Corrections may promulgate rules to allow the proper classification of inmates to be released to the county sheriffs of approved jail facilities or chiefs of police or other authorized law enforcement officers of city-operated approved jail facilities or …

(a) The Board of Corrections may contract with any private individual, corporation, partnership, or association whereby inmates would assemble, process, fabricate, or repair parts or components for goods or products being manufactured or produced by the private individual or enti…

(a) Goods produced in whole or in part by inmates of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction participating in private sector prison industry enhancement programs may be transported and sold in the same manner as goods produced by free persons, provided …

(a) An inmate of the Department of Correction or Department of Community Correction who is earning at least minimum wage and is employed under §§ 12-30-501 and 12-30-502 shall have his or her wages set aside in a separate wage fund by the warden or supervisor of the facility in w…