Arkansas Code Title 12, Subtitle 3, Chapter 27, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 12-27-101 - Purposes and Construction of the Department of Correction.
  (a) (1) The purpose of this act is to establish a Department of Correction that shall assume the custody, control, and management of the...
• § 12-27-102 - Enforcement of Penalties -- Report of Crimes.
  (a) All laws of this state prescribing penalties for violations concerned with or affecting the state penitentiary or inmates thereof shall be equally applicable...
• § 12-27-103 - Department of Correction -- Creation -- Powers and Duties.
  (a) There is established, under the supervision, control, and direction of the Board of Corrections, a Department of Correction.(b) The Department of Correction shall...
• § 12-27-104 - Board of Corrections -- Members -- Records -- Staff.
  (a) The Board of Corrections shall be composed of seven (7) voting members: (1) Five (5) citizen members; (2) The chair of the Parole...
• § 12-27-105 - Board's Powers and Duties.
  (a) The purpose of the Board of Corrections is to manage correctional resources in the state such that offenders are held accountable for their...
• § 12-27-106 - Publication of Rules, Laws, and Regulations -- Report Concerning Administrative Directives and Administrative Memoranda Filed With Legislative Council.
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Corrections to publish in pamphlet form and to post in conspicuous places about the...
• § 12-27-107 - Director.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Correction, who shall be the executive, administrative, budgetary, and fiscal officer of the department, shall be appointed...
• § 12-27-108 - Authentication of Records.
  (a) For authentication of the records, process, and proceedings of the Department of Correction, the Director of the Department of Correction may adopt and...
• § 12-27-109 - Oaths of Director and Superintendents.
  The Director of the Department of Correction and each of the superintendents of the institutions within the Department of Correction shall, before entering upon...
• § 12-27-110 - Administrative Headquarters.
  The Board of Corrections shall locate the administrative headquarters of the Department of Correction and the Department of Community Correction at a suitable site...
• § 12-27-111 - Improvements.
  (a) The Board of Corrections and the Director of the Department of Correction shall decide what improvements are necessary, which are not otherwise provided...
• § 12-27-112 - Sale of Lands and Facilities of the Department.
  (a) None of the lands under the control and jurisdiction of the State Penitentiary on March 1, 1968, shall be sold or otherwise disposed...
• § 12-27-113 - Commitments to the Department of Correction -- Records.
  (a) (1) All commitments to the Department of Correction shall be to the Department of Correction and not to a particular institution. (2) Commitments...
• § 12-27-114 - Inmates in County Jails -- Reimbursement of County -- Medical Care. [Effective Until October 1, 2015.]
  (a) (1) (A) (i) In the event the Department of Correction cannot accept inmates from county jails due to insufficient bed space, the Department...
• § 12-27-115 - Claims of Counties for Expenses -- Verification.
  (a) When any county in which an institution of the Department of Correction is located shall incur expenses in connection with any legal proceedings...
• § 12-27-116 - Use of Fuel and Provisions -- Issuance or Sale of Items Produced.
  (a) Except as authorized by the Board of Corrections, no officer of the Department of Correction or employee of the department shall give to...
• § 12-27-117 - Employees' Uniforms.
  The Department of Correction is authorized to purchase identifying occupational uniforms for correctional personnel as approved by the Board of Corrections.
• § 12-27-118 - Employees' Children -- Transportation to School.
  (a) (1) In order to provide adequate educational opportunities for school children of personnel employed at the various institutions of the Department of Correction,...
• § 12-27-119 - [Repealed.]
• § 12-27-120 - Retirement of Employees.
  (a) During their employment by the Department of Correction, all employees of the state penitentiary on March 1, 1968, shall be eligible for benefits...
• § 12-27-121 - Transfer of Inmates to Foreign Countries.
  The Governor is empowered to authorize the Department of Correction to participate, with the assistance of federal authorities, in any treaty between the United...
• § 12-27-122 - Debt Service Accounts.
  (a) (1) The Department of Correction is authorized to establish accounts in financial institutions other than the State Treasury for the purpose of making...
• § 12-27-123 - Supervision and Transfer of Employees.
  (a) All staff, employees, and other personnel of the Department of Correction shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Director of...
• § 12-27-124 - Purposes and Construction of the Department of Community Correction.
  (a) (1) The purpose of this act is to establish a Department of Community Correction that shall assume the management of all community correction...
• § 12-27-125 - Department of Community Correction -- Creation -- Powers and Duties.
  (a) There is established, under the supervision, control, and direction of the Board of Corrections, a Department of Community Correction.(b) The Department of Community...
• § 12-27-126 - Director.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Community Correction shall be appointed by the Board of Corrections at a salary fixed by the Board...
• § 12-27-127 - Transfer to the Department of Community Correction.
  (a) Unless a commitment specifies that the inmate is to be judicially transferred to the Department of Community Correction, the commitment shall be treated...
• § 12-27-128 - Department of Correction Nontax Revenue Receipts Fund.
  (a) There is created in accordance with §§ 19-4-801 -- 19-4-803, 19-4-804 [repealed], 19-4-805, 19-4-806 and § 19-6-101 et seq. a cash fund entitled...
• § 12-27-129 - Report on Rehabilitation.
  (a) The Department of Correction may report to the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on State Agencies...
• § 12-27-130 - Reimbursement of County.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Department of Correction's commitment which may exist to the contrary, the Board of Corrections shall not increase...
• § 12-27-131 - Receipts for Reimbursement.
  (a) Receipts from cities or counties reimbursed to the Department of Correction for daily care of city or county prisoners shall be accounted for...
• § 12-27-132 - Award of Pistol Upon Retirement.
  When a Department of Community Correction parole or probation officer retires from service or dies while still employed with the department, in recognition of...
• § 12-27-133 - Community Correction Revolving Fund.
  There is created and established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the...
• § 12-27-134 - Probation Services.
  (a) The Department of Community Correction shall administer, in cooperation with the circuit courts, the provision of probation services as prescribed by the circuit...
• § 12-27-135 - Facility Assignment.
  (a) (1) In accordance with the rules, procedures, and regulations promulgated by the Board of Corrections, the Director of the Department of Correction shall...
• § 12-27-136 - Services and Equipment.
  The Department of Correction and the Department of Community Correction may provide services, furnishings, equipment, and office space to assist the Parole Board in...
• § 12-27-137 - Confidentiality of Emergency Preparedness Documents.
  (a) The following sections of the Department of Correction's official Emergency Preparedness Manual are confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the...
• § 12-27-138 - [Repealed.]
• § 12-27-139 - Notice to Police When Furloughed Inmate Will Be in Jurisdiction.
  (a) The Board of Corrections may promulgate rules and regulations to allow inmates to participate in a meritorious furlough program which include a requirement...
• § 12-27-140 - Department of Community Correction Annual Report.
  (a) (1) On July 31 of each year, the Department of Community Correction shall submit an annual report to the Legislative Council showing the...
• § 12-27-141 - Department of Correction Annual Report.
  (a) (1) On July 31 of each year, the Department of Correction shall submit an annual report to the Legislative Council showing the number...
• § 12-27-142 - Medical Services Contract.
  (a) The Department of Correction and the Department of Community Correction may enter into professional services contracts for medical services for a contract period...
• § 12-27-143 - Award of Service Weapon Upon Retirement or Death.
  When a Department of Correction employee retires from service with at least twenty (20) years of service or dies while still employed with the...
• § 12-27-144 - Department of Community Correction -- Receipt of Grant Money for Certain Purposes.
  (a) The Department of Community Correction may receive money from any source to be deposited into the Accountability Court Fund to be used for...
• § 12-27-145 - Records to Be Posted on a Public Website.
  (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department of Correction shall post on the Department of Correction's website the following information concerning...
• § 12-27-146 - Tracking an Inmate or Person Being Supervised Who is Serving a Suspended Sentence.
  (a) The Department of Community Correction shall track a person under its supervision who is serving a suspended sentence and notify the prosecuting attorney...
• § 12-27-147 - Rulemaking and Administrative Directive Reporting Requirement.
  (a) A rule implemented by the Board of Corrections, Department of Correction, Department of Community Correction, or the Parole Board pertaining to this act...

Last modified: November 15, 2016