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AR Code § 16-93-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-610. Computation of sentence

 (a) Time served is deemed to begin on the day sentence is imposed, not on the day a prisoner is received by the Department of Corrections. 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 while under the custody and supervision of the department.  (b) When the sentencing judge imposes sentence, he or she is to direct that the time already served by the defendant in jail or other place of detention is to be credited against the defendant.
AR Code § 16-93-612 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-612. Parole eligibility — Date of offense

 (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 person's parole eligibility.  (c) For an offender serving a sentence for a felony committed between April 1, 1977, and April 1, 1983, § 16-93-604 governs that person's parole eligibility.  (d) For an offender serving a sentence for a felony committed on or after April 1, 1983, but before January 1, 1994, § 16-93-607 governs that person's parole eligibility.  (e) For an offender serving a sentence for a felony committed on or after January 1, 1994, § 16-93-614 governs that person's parole eligibility, unless otherwise noted and except:  (1) If the felony is murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, kidnapping, if a Class Y felony, § 5-11-102(b)(1), aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103, rape, § 5-14-103, or causing a catastrophe, § 5-38-202(a), and the offense occurred after July 28, 1995, § 16-93-618 governs that person's parole eligibility;  (2) If the felony is manufacturing methamphetamine, § 5-64-423(a) or the former § 5-64-401, or possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, the former § 5-64-403(c)(5), and the offense occurred after April 9, 1999, § 16-93-618 governs that person's parole eligibility;  (3) If the felony is battery in the second degree, § 5-13-202, aggravated assault, § 5-13-204, terroristic threatening, § 5-13-301, domestic battering in the second degree, § 5-26-304, or residential burglary, § 5-39-201(a), and the offense occurred on or after April 1, 2015, § 16-93-620 governs that person's parole eligibility; or  (4) If the felony was committed by a person who was a minor at the time of the offense, he or she was committed to the Department of Correction, or to the division, and the offense occurred before, on, or after March 20, 2017, § 16-93-621 governs that person's parole eligibility.    (f) For an offender serving a sentence for a felony committed on or after January 1, 1994, § 16-93-615 governs that person's parole eligibility procedures.
AR Code § 16-93-613 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-613. Parole eligibility — Class Y, Class A, or Class B felonies

 (a) A person who commits a Class Y felony, Class A felony, or Class B felony, except those drug offenses addressed in § 16-93-618 or those Class Y felonies addressed in § 16-93-614 or § 16-93-618, and who shall be convicted and incarcerated for that felony, shall be eligible for release on parole as follows:  (1) An inmate under sentence of death or life imprisonment without parole is not eligible for release on parole but may be pardoned or have his or her sentence commuted by the Governor, as provided by law; and  (2)  (A) An inmate sentenced to life imprisonment is not eligible for release on parole unless the sentence is commuted to a term of years by executive clemency.  (B) Upon commutation, the inmate is eligible for release on parole as provided in this subchapter.      (b) For parole eligibility purposes, consecutive sentences by one (1) or more courts or for one (1) or more counts are to be considered as a single commitment reflecting the cumulative sentence to be served.  (c) Except as provided for under § 16-93-621, for an offense committed before, on, or after March 20, 2017, a person who was a minor at the time of committing an offense listed under subsection (a) of this section is eligible for release on parole under this section.
AR Code § 16-93-616 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-616. Parole eligibility procedures — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994 — Computation of sentence

 (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 other local place of lawful confinement or while under the custody and supervision of the division.  (3) Once sentenced to the division, the division shall retain legal custody of the inmate for the duration of the original sentence.    (b) The sentencing judge shall direct, when he or she imposes sentence, that time already served by the defendant in jail or other place of detention shall be credited against the sentence.
AR Code § 16-93-617 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-617. Parole eligibility procedures — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994 — Revocation of transfer

 (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 the Parole Board.  (b)  (1) In the event an offender transferred under this section and §§ 16-93-614 — 16-93-616, or § 16-93-618 is found to be or becomes ineligible for transfer into a Division of Community Correction facility, he or she shall be transported to the Division of Correction to serve the remainder of his or her sentence.  (2) Notice of the ineligibility and the reasons therefor shall be provided to the offender, and a hearing may be requested before the board if the offender contests the factual basis of the ineligibility. Otherwise, the board may administratively approve the transfer to the Division of Correction.    (c) An offender who is judicially transferred to a Division of Community Correction facility and subsequently transferred back to the Division of Correction by the board for disciplinary or administrative reasons may not become eligible for any further transfer under § 16-93-614(c)(2)(E) and (F).
AR Code § 16-93-619 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-619. Rulemaking authority

 The Parole Board may adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-93-620 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-620. Parole eligibility procedures — Certain offenses committed on or after April 1, 2015

 (a) An inmate sentenced for one (1) of the following felonies on or after April 1, 2015, is eligible for discretionary transfer to the Department of Community Correction by the Parole Board after having served one-third (1/3) or one-half (½) of his or her sentence, with credit for meritorious good time, depending on the seriousness determination made by the Arkansas Sentencing Commission, or one-half (½) of the time to which his or her sentence is commuted:  (1) Battery in the second degree, § 5-13-202;  (2) Aggravated assault, § 5-13-204;  (3) Terroristic threatening, § 5-13-301;  (4) Domestic battering in the second degree, § 5-26-304; or  (5) Residential burglary, § 5-39-201.    (b) The transfer of an inmate convicted of an offense listed in this section is not automatic.  (c) All other provisions governing the procedures regarding the granting and administration of parole for persons convicted of an offense listed under subsection (a) of this section shall be governed by §§ 16-93-615 — 16-93-617.
AR Code § 16-93-622 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-622. Parole discharge for offenders who are minors — Reinstatement of rights

 (a) The Parole Board may discharge a person from parole if:  (1) The person:  (A) Was released on parole under § 16-93-621 for having committed an offense as a minor; and  (B) Has served at least five (5) years on parole without a violation; and    (2) The prosecuting attorney in the county where the person was originally convicted has consented to the discharge of the person from parole.    (b) Unless otherwise provided by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, a person who has been discharged from parole under subsection (a) of this section shall have his or her constitutional right to vote restored.
AR Code § 16-93-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-701. Authority to grant and parameters

 (a)  (1) The Parole 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 the inmate can be released without detriment to the community or himself or herself and is able and willing to fulfill the obligations of a law-abiding citizen.  (2) All paroles shall issue upon order, duly adopted, of the board.    (b)  (1) Before ordering the release of an eligible inmate, the inmate shall be interviewed by the board or a parole revocation judge or investigator employed by the board, unless a hearing is not required under § 16-93-615(a)(1)(D) and, for all parole decisions after January 1, 2012, the board shall consider the results of the risk-needs assessments of all parole applicants.  (2) The parole shall be ordered only for the best interest of society and shall not be considered as a reduction of sentence or pardon.  (3) An inmate while on parole shall remain in the legal custody of the agency from which he or she was released, but shall be subject to the orders of the board.
AR Code § 16-93-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-702. Procedures — Required recommendations

 (a) Before the Parole 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 parole is being considered by the board was convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101, or of a Class Y felony, Class A felony, or Class B felony, or any violent or sexual offense, the board shall also notify the victim of the crime, or the victim's next of kin, of the parole hearing and shall solicit written or oral recommendations of the victim or the victim's next of kin regarding the granting of the parole, unless the prosecuting attorney has notified the board at the time of commitment of the prisoner that the victim or the victim's next of kin does not want to be notified of future parole hearings.  (c) The board shall retain a copy of the recommendations in the board's file.  (d) The recommendations shall not be binding upon the board in the granting of any parole but shall be maintained in a file that shall be open to the public during reasonable business hours.  (e) When soliciting recommendations from a victim of a crime, the board shall notify the victim or the victim's next of kin of the date, time, and place of the parole hearing.
AR Code § 16-93-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-703. Procedures — Place of hearings

 (a) The Parole 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) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the board from conducting parole hearings in two (2) sessions, one (1) at the place of the inmate's incarceration for interviews with the inmate, the inmate's witnesses, and correctional personnel, and the second session for victims and relatives of victims as set out in subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 16-93-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-704. Procedures — Notice to law enforcement personnel and committing court

 (a) At the time that any person is paroled by the Parole 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 person was sentenced.  (b) If the person is paroled to a county other than that from which he or she was committed, the board shall give notice to the chief of police or marshal of the city to which he or she is paroled, to the chief of police of all cities of the first class, to the county sheriff of the county to which he or she is paroled, and to the county sheriff of the county from which the person was committed.
AR Code § 16-93-706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-706. Revocation — Subpoena of witnesses and documents

 (a)  (1) The Chair of the Parole 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 board, or any member of the board pursuant to the authority of the board to meet and determine whether to revoke parole shall have the power to issue oaths and to subpoena witnesses to appear and testify and bring before the hearing officer or the board any relevant books, papers, records, or documents.  (2) The subpoena shall be directed to any county sheriff, county coroner, or constable of any county where the designated witness resides or is found. The endorsed affidavit on the subpoena of any person of full age shall be proof of the service, which shall be served and returned in the same manner as subpoenas in civil actions in the circuit courts are served and returned.    (b) The fees and mileage expenses as prescribed by law for witnesses in civil cases shall be paid by the Division of Correction.  (c)  (1) In case of failure or refusal by any person to comply with a subpoena issued under this section to testify or answer to any matter regarding which the person may be lawfully interrogated, any circuit court in this state, on application of the hearing officer or the chair, shall, in term or vacation, issue an attachment for the person and compel him or her to comply with the subpoena and appear before the hearing officer or the board and to produce any testimony and documents as may be required.  (2) The circuit court shall have the power to punish any contempt, in case of disobedience, as in civil cases, or it shall be a misdemeanor for a witness to refuse or neglect to appear and testify, punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).    (d) Any person willfully testifying falsely under oath before the board or at a preliminary hearing in which probable cause for parole revocation is to be considered as to any matter material to a lawful inquiry by the board or hearing officer may be charged with perjury and upon conviction punished accordingly.
AR Code § 16-93-709 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-709. Sex offender may not reside with minors

 (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 against a minor, becomes eligible for parole and makes application for release on parole, the Parole Board shall prohibit, as a condition of granting the parole, the parolee from residing upon parole in a residence with any minor, unless the board makes a specific finding that the inmate poses no danger to the minors residing in the residence.  (b) If the board, upon a hearing under § 16-93-705, finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the parolee has failed to comply with this condition of parole, the parole may be revoked and the parolee returned to the custody of the division.
AR Code § 16-93-710 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 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

 (a)  (1) Subject to conditions set by the Parole 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 being processed into the Division of Correction, may be paroled from the Division of Correction county jail backup facility directly to the Division of Community Correction under parole supervision, and upon eligibility determination, processed for release by the board.  (2) Transfer release proceedings or a preliminary review under this subchapter shall begin no later than six (6) months prior to a person's transfer eligibility date, and the board shall authorize jacket review procedures at all institutions holding parole-eligible inmates to prepare parole applications to comply with this time frame.  (3) The jacket review will be conducted by staff either from the Division of Community Correction or the Division of Correction.    (b) An offender who has been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a violent offense as defined by § 5-4-501(c)(2) or a Class Y felony offense shall be ineligible under this section.  (c) As determined by the county sheriff, an offender who has committed violent or sexual acts while incarcerated in a county jail facility shall be ineligible to participate in the program established by this section.
AR Code § 16-93-711 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-711. Parole alternatives — Electronic monitoring of parolees — Definition

 (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 Department of Correction may be released from incarceration if the:  (i) Sentence was not the result of a jury or bench verdict;  (ii) Inmate has served one hundred twenty (120) days of his or her sentence;  (iii) Inmate has an approved parole plan;  (iv) Inmate does not have a prior felony conviction for a sex offense or for a felony offense that involved the use or threat of violence or bodily harm;  (v) Inmate was sentenced from a cell in the sentencing guidelines with:  (a) An incarceration range of thirty-six (36) months or less; or  (b) A presumptive sentence of probation;    (vi) Conviction is for a Class C or Class D felony;  (vii) Conviction is not for a crime of violence, regardless of felony level;  (viii) Conviction is not for a sex offense, including failure to register as a sex offender under § 12-12-906, regardless of felony level;  (ix) Conviction is not for manufacturing methamphetamine, § 5-64-423(a) or the former § 5-64-401;  (x) Conviction is not for possession of drug paraphernalia with the purpose to manufacture methamphetamine, § 5-64-443, if the conviction is a Class C felony or higher;  (xi) Conviction is not for a crime involving the use or threat of violence or bodily harm;  (xii) Conviction is not for a crime that resulted in a death; and  (xiii) Inmate has not previously failed a drug court program.    (B) The Director of the Department of Correction shall make the facts described in subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section known to the Parole Board for consideration of electronic monitoring.    (2) The Board of Corrections shall promulgate rules that will establish policy and procedures for an electronic monitoring program.    (c)  (1) An inmate released from incarceration on parole under this section shall be supervised by the Department of Community Correction using electronic monitoring until the inmate's transfer eligibility date or for at least ninety (90) days of full compliance by the inmate, whichever is sooner.  (2)  (A) The term of electronic monitoring shall not exceed the maximum number of years of imprisonment or supervision to which the inmate could be sentenced.  (B) The length of time the defendant participates in an electronic monitoring program and any good-time credit awarded shall be credited against the defendant's sentence.
AR Code § 16-93-713 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-713. Rulemaking authority

 The Parole Board may adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-93-714 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 7 - Parole|§ 16-93-714. Denial of parole — Detriment to the community

 The Parole 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 released.