Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts
99 chapters · 2,352 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-614 Parole eligibility — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994 — Definition
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(a) As used in this section and §§ 16-93-615 — 16-93-617, “felonies” means those crimes classified as Class Y felonies, Class A felonies, Class B felonies, Class C felonies, Class D felonies, or unclassified felonies by the laws of this state. (b) (1) A person who committed a fel…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-615 Parole eligibility procedures — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994
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(a) (1) (A) An inmate under sentence for any felony, except those listed in § 5-4-104(c)(2) or subsection (b) of this section, shall be transferred from the Division of Correction to the Division of Community Correction under this section and §§ 16-93-614, 16-93-616, and 16-93-61…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-616 Parole eligibility procedures — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994 — Computation of sentence
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(a) (1) Time served for a sentence shall be deemed to begin on the day sentence is imposed, not on the day a prisoner is received by the Division of Correction.(2) Time served shall continue only during the time in which an individual is actually confined in a county jail or othe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-617 Parole eligibility procedures — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994 — Revocation of transfer
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(a) In the event an offender transferred under this section, §§ 16-93-614 — 16-93-616, or § 16-93-618 violates the terms or conditions of his or her transfer, a hearing shall follow all applicable legal requirements and shall be subject to any additional policies and rules set by…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-618 Parole eligibility — Certain Class Y felony offenses and certain methamphetamine offenses — Seventy-percent crimes
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any law allowing the award of meritorious good time or any other law to the contrary, and subject to provisions requiring that an offender serve a greater percentage of his or her sentence in § 16-93-609 or delayed release under § 5-4-405, a person who is …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-619 Rulemaking authority
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The Post-Prison Transfer Board may adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-620 Parole eligibility procedures — Certain offenses committed on or after April 1, 2015
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(a) An inmate sentenced for one (1) of the following felonies on or after April 1, 2015, is eligible for discretionary transfer to the Division of Community Correction by the Post-Prison Transfer Board after having served one-third (⅓) or one-half (½) of his or her sentence, with…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-621 Parole or post-release supervision eligibility — A person who was a minor at the time of committing an offense that was committed before, on, or after March 20, 2017
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(a) (1) (A) A minor who was convicted and sentenced to the former Department of Correction or the Division of Correction for an offense committed before he or she was eighteen (18) years of age and in which the death of another person did not occur is eligible for release on paro…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-622 Parole or post-release supervision discharge for offenders who are minors — Reinstatement of rights
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(a) The Post-Prison Transfer Board may discharge a person from parole or post-release supervision if the person:(1) Was released on parole or post-release supervision under § 16-93-621 or any provision of this chapter in which the person's parole or post-release supervision term …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-701 Authority to grant and parameters
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(a) (1) The Post-Prison Transfer Board may release on parole any eligible inmate who is confined in any correctional institution administered by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction, when in the board's opinion there is a reasonable probability that …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-702 Procedures — Required recommendations
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(a) Before the Post-Prison Transfer Board shall grant any parole, the board shall solicit the written or oral recommendations of the committing court, the prosecuting attorney, and the county sheriff of the county from which the inmate was committed. (b) If the person whose parol…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-703 Procedures — Place of hearings
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(a) The Post-Prison Transfer Board shall not schedule parole hearings at which victims or relatives of victims of crime are invited to appear at a facility wherein inmates are housed other than the Central Administration Building of the Division of Correction at Pine Bluff. (b) N…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-704 Procedures — Notice to law enforcement personnel and committing court
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(a) At the time that any person is paroled by the Post-Prison Transfer Board, the board shall give written notice of the granting of the parole to the county sheriff, the committing court, and the chief of police of all cities of the first class of the county from which the perso…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-705 Revocation — Procedures and hearings generally
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(a) (1) (A) (i) At any time during a parolee's release on parole, the Post-Prison Transfer Board may issue a warrant for the arrest of the parolee for violation of any conditions of parole or may issue a notice to appear to answer a charge of a violation.(ii) The Division of Comm…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-706 Revocation — Subpoena of witnesses and documents
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(a) (1) The Chair of the Post-Prison Transfer Board or his or her designee, the hearing officer presiding over any preliminary hearing with respect to an alleged parole violation, the administrator of the Post-Prison Transfer Board, or any member of the board pursuant to the auth…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-707 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-93-707Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-708 Parole alternative — Home detention — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Approved electronic monitoring or supervising device” means an electronic device approved by the Board of Corrections that meets the minimum Federal Communications Commission regulations and requirements and that utilizes available technology that…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-709 Sex offender may not reside with minors
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(a) Whenever an inmate in a facility of the Division of Correction who has been found guilty of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any sexual offense defined in § 5-14-101 et seq., or incest as defined by § 5-26-202, and the sexual offense or incest was perpetrated again…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-710 Parole for inmates who have served their term of imprisonment in a county jail prior to being processed into the Division of Correction
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(a) (1) Subject to conditions set by the Post-Prison Transfer Board, an offender convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two (2) years or less in the Division of Correction, and who has served his or her term of imprisonment in a county jail prior to bein…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-711 Parole alternatives — Electronic monitoring of parolees — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “approved electronic monitoring or supervising device” means a device described in § 16-93-708(a). (b) (1) (A) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b)(2) of this section, an inmate serving a sentence in the Division of Correction may be released …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-712 Parole supervision
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(a) (1) The Post-Prison Transfer Board shall establish written policies and procedures governing the supervision of parolees designed to enhance public safety and to assist the parolees in reintegrating into society.(2) (A) The supervision of parolees shall be based on evidence-b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-713 Rulemaking authority
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The Post-Prison Transfer Board may adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-714 Denial of parole — Detriment to the community
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The Post-Prison Transfer Board may deny parole to any otherwise eligible person, regardless of the sentence that he or she is serving, if five (5) members of the board determine that the person upon release would be a detriment to the community into which the person would be rele…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-715 Revocation — Technical conditions violations and serious conditions violations
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(a) (1) If a parolee is subject to a parole revocation hearing under this subchapter for a technical conditions violation or a serious conditions violation, the parolee is subject to confinement for the following periods, subject to subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section, before b…