Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts

(a) It is the purpose and intent of this section and §§ 16-93-603 and 16-93-604 to establish parole eligibility for a person convicted of a felony committed on or after April 1, 1977, and prior to April 1, 1983. (b) Nothing in this section and §§ 16-93-603 and 16-93-604 is to be …

(1) For the purposes of §§ 16-93-602 — 16-93-604, inmates are to be classified as follows:(1) A first offender is an inmate convicted of one (1) or more felonies but who has not been incarcerated in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or fede…

(a) A person who committed felonies prior to April 1, 1977, and who was convicted and incarcerated therefor, is eligible for release on parole in accordance with the parole eligibility law in effect at the time the crime was committed. (b) A person who committed felonies on and a…

A.C.A. § 16-93-605Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) As used in this section, “felony” means a crime classified as Class Y felony, Class A felony, or Class B felony by the laws of this state. (b) For the purposes of § 16-93-607, inmates shall be classified as follows:(1) A first offender is an inmate convicted of one (1) or mor…

(a) As used in this section, “felony” means a crime classified as Class Y felony, Class A felony, or Class B felony by the laws of this state. (b) A person who committed a felony prior to April 1, 1983, and who was convicted and incarcerated for that felony, shall be eligible for…

A person who commits a Class C felony or Class D felony on or after April 1, 1983, and who is incarcerated therefor is eligible for release on parole after having served one-third (⅓) of his or her sentence, with credit for good-time allowances, or one-third (⅓) of the time to wh…

(a) Any person who commits murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, rape, § 5-14-103, or aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103, subsequent to March 24, 1983, and who has previously been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, rape, …

(a) Time served is deemed to begin on the day sentence is imposed, not on the day a prisoner is received by the Division of Correction. It shall continue only during the time in which a prisoner is actually confined in a county jail or other local place of lawful confinement or w…

A.C.A. § 16-93-611Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) A person's parole eligibility shall be determined by the laws in effect at the time of the offense for which he or she is sentenced to the Division of Correction. (b) For an offender serving a sentence for a felony committed before April 1, 1977, § 16-93-601 governs that pers…

(a) Except for a person subject to delayed release under § 5-4-405 and except for a drug offense addressed in § 16-93-618 or a Class Y felony addressed in § 5-4-104(c)(2), § 16-93-614, or § 16-93-618, a person who commits a Class Y felony, Class A felony, or Class B felony and wh…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

The Post-Prison Transfer Board may adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce this subchapter.

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

The Post-Prison Transfer Board may adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce this subchapter.

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…

(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…

(a) County judges may and are authorized and empowered to pay out of the general revenue fund of the county the necessary expenses incurred by the county sheriff of the county incident to the return of fugitives to the state. (b) In order for a county sheriff or his or her deputy…

When a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer of a convicted offender who is a citizen or national of the foreign country to that country, the Governor is authorized, subject to the terms of the treaty, to consent to the tra…

(a) (1) Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided under the Uniform…

(1) The Governor may request the extradition of a person charged with theft of property if the person committed the theft of property by:(1) Being subject to the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, 7 U.S.C. § 181 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2013;(2) Obtaining livestock fro…

Where appearing in this subchapter, the term “Governor” includes any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this state. The term “executive authority” includes the Governor and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than t…

Subject to the qualifications of this subchapter, and the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and acts of Congress in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the Governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any o…

No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the Governor unless in writing and accompanied by a copy of an indictment found or by an information supported by affidavit in the state having jurisdiction of the crime, or by a …

When a demand shall be made upon the Governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon the Attorney General or any prosecuting officer in this state to investigate or assist in invest…

I. A warrant of extradition must not be issued unless documents presented by the executive authority making the demand show that:I. Except in cases arising under § 16-94-206, the accused was present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, and th…

The Governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged in such other state in the manner provided in § 16-94-205 with committing an act in this state, or in a third state, intentionally resulting in…

If the Governor shall decide that the demand should be complied with, he or she shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal, and be directed to a sheriff, marshal, coroner, or other person whom he or she may think fit to entrust with the execution th…

Such warrant shall authorize the officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any place where he may be found within the state and to command the aid of all sheriffs and other peace officers in the execution of the warrant, and to deliver the accused subject …

Every such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority in arresting the accused to command assistance therein, as sheriffs and other officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with the like penalties agai…

No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding the person shall have appointed to receive the person unless he or she has been informed of the demand made for his or her surrender and of the crime with which he or …