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AR Code § 16-93-1201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 12 - Community Correction|§ 16-93-1201. Findings and determinations

 (a) The State of Arkansas hereby finds that the cost of incarcerating the ever-increasing numbers of offenders in traditional penitentiaries is skyrocketing, bringing added fiscal pressures on state government, and that some inmates can be effectively punished, with little risk to the public, in a more affordable manner through the use of community correction programs and nontraditional facilities.  (b) As a result of the rising cost of traditional incarceration, the state finds that the purpose of corrections in Arkansas is twofold:  (1) “Community correction”, defined as both nontraditional correction centers and nonresidential community corrections, including supervision on probation, parole, and transfer, is charged with the provision of correction focused on promoting offender accountability and the supervision of offenders at appropriate levels to promote public safety; and  (2)  (A) “Institutions”, defined as traditional prison beds, are charged with the appropriate incapacitation of high risk offenders.  (B) “Incapacitation” involves traditional aspects of incarceration coupled with highly supervised community correction when appropriate.  (C) “High risk” is defined as those convicted of the most serious offenses, those who have longer criminal histories, and those who have repeatedly failed to comply with conditions imposed under less restrictive sanctions.      (c) Furthermore, the state determines that services designed to address offender needs must be integrated into the framework of both institutions and community correction programs and must be balanced with supervision and correction such that the community is repaid for the offense, public safety is promoted through supervision, and the offender is assisted in becoming a law-abiding member of society.
AR Code § 16-93-1203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 12 - Community Correction|§ 16-93-1203. Board of Corrections — Powers and duties

 The Board of Corrections shall have the following duties and responsibilities with regard to community correction programming:   (1) Establish community correction programs to which eligible offenders may be assigned as a condition of probation, sentenced to by the trial court pursuant to this subchapter, paroled to upon release from incarceration, or transferred to after incarceration in the Division of Correction;  (2) Notify the trial courts of the state having criminal jurisdiction of the availability of certified and approved community correction programs;  (3) Establish standards for the monitoring, auditing, and certification of community correction programs;  (4) Establish rules relating to the operation of community correction programs and the supervision of eligible offenders participating therein;  (5) Promote cooperation among the courts and various law enforcement and correctional agencies of this state in the implementation of community correction programs;  (6) Direct the departments, divisions, and other entities involved in the implementation of community correction options in a manner that will promote the safety and welfare of the people of this state;  (7) Establish rules and procedures which shall be required or deemed appropriate for the implementation and ongoing operation of community correction; and  (8) Establish minimum standards of eligibility and certification processes for all community correction programs eligible to receive offenders under this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-93-1204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 12 - Community Correction|§ 16-93-1204. Authorization

 (a) The Board of Corrections shall implement a correctional plan, to be developed in conjunction with the Arkansas Sentencing Commission, which ensures the efficient use of prison beds, which are becoming scarce resources, through the development and expansion of community correction options which will provide supervision, correction, and services to a primary target group of nonviolent offenders who would otherwise have been eligible for and likely to be sentenced to traditional incarceration.  (b) The community correction target group shall consist of those offenders:  (1) Who are involved in less serious criminal activity or are nonviolent by nature and crime, or both, even though the offender and the offense may be repetitive;  (2) Who are technical violators of community supervision; and  (3) Who are returning to the community from incarceration who are in need of enhanced supervision options due to the nature of their criminal conviction.
AR Code § 16-93-1205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 12 - Community Correction|§ 16-93-1205. Operation and supervision of community correction programs

 (a) The Board of Corrections shall promulgate policies and rules relating to the operation of community correction facilities and programs, the supervision of eligible offenders participating therein, and the termination of that participation, including but not limited to:  (1) The terms, conditions, and qualifications of program eligibility;  (2) The time to be spent in specific correction and treatment programs designated as community correction;  (3) Receipt of compensation in the form of fees or other available sources from the eligible offender while participating in a community correction program;  (4) Allocation of compensation received by an eligible offender while participating in a community correction program, including designation to the Division of Community Correction of a percentage of any compensation received for the purpose of defraying the costs to the division of establishing and operating community correction programs and the costs of the offender's custody and care;  (5) Receipt of compensation from public entities who benefit from the labor of offenders involved in community correction work programs; and  (6) Collection of economic sanctions imposed by the court, including, but not limited to, restitution, fines, fees, or other monetary penalties attached to an offender's sentence.    (b) The division shall supervise all eligible offenders participating in any community correction program with the goal of promoting the safety and welfare of the people of the state.
AR Code § 16-93-1208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 12 - Community Correction|§ 16-93-1208. Post commitment transfer

 (a)  (1)  (A) Upon commitment of an eligible offender to the Division of Correction, the Division of Correction will transfer the eligible offender to a community correction program, when he or she reaches his or her transfer date, in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Board of Corrections and conditions set by the Parole Board.  (B) Legal custody of inmates transferred to the Division of Community Correction shall remain with the Division of Correction unless altered by court order.    (2) A person eligible for release from incarceration on parole may be placed in community correction programming while under parole supervision upon the recommendation of the condition by the releasing authority.    (b)  (1) The Board of Corrections and the Division of Correction are authorized to release medical and psychological data in their possession to a community correction service provider concerning an eligible offender transferred to that community correction program.  (2) The community correction service provider shall use any medical or psychological data received from the Division of Correction and the Board of Corrections in compliance with rules concerning the use of that data as adopted by the Board of Corrections.
AR Code § 16-93-1209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 12 - Community Correction|§ 16-93-1209. Liability

 The Division of Correction, the Board of Corrections, the Division of Community Correction, the Parole Board, and all governmental agencies and units utilizing eligible offenders in community correction programs as defined in this subchapter are immune from liability and suit for damages, and no tort action shall lie against the Division of Correction, the Board of Corrections, the Division of Community Correction, the Parole Board, and any governmental agency or unit or any of their employees because of any acts of eligible offenders utilized under the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-93-1210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 12 - Community Correction|§ 16-93-1210. Sentence optional

 Nothing in this subchapter shall grant any offender the right to be sentenced or transferred under this subchapter as a matter of right.
AR Code § 16-93-1401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 14 - Notification of Offenders' Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Status|§ 16-93-1401. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Correctional institution” means any state or privately operated prison, community correctional facility, county jail, city jail, or any other state, local, or privately operated detention facility; and  (2) “Parole or probation officer” means a parole or probation officer of the Department of Community Correction.
AR Code § 16-93-1402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 14 - Notification of Offenders' Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Status|§ 16-93-1402. Notice to parole or probation officer

 (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide parole or probation officers with information so they can make informed programming decisions and direct offenders to autoimmune deficiency syndrome-related resources, including appropriate financial, housing, legal, medical, and counseling services.  (b) Upon the release of an offender from a correctional institution, a medical representative of the correctional institution shall notify the offender's parole or probation officer when the offender has tested positive for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or has been diagnosed as having acquired deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related conditions.  (c) Information obtained by a parole or probation officer pursuant to this subchapter shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except as specifically authorized by this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-93-1601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 16 - Transitional Housing Facilities|§ 16-93-1601. Legislative intent

 It is the intent of the General Assembly to:   (1) Establish rules for facilities that house offenders who have been transferred, paroled, or placed on probation through the Arkansas criminal justice system in order to promote, protect, and improve the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the State of Arkansas; and  (2) Establish these rules in order to help reduce recidivism in our criminal justice system and to provide rules to protect the individuals in the programs and to protect the neighborhoods and communities in which the programs and facilities are located.
AR Code § 16-93-1602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 16 - Transitional Housing Facilities|§ 16-93-1602. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Applicant” means any individual, business, or organization that has applied to receive an Arkansas transitional housing facility license;  (2) “License” means an Arkansas transitional housing facility license; and  (3)  (A) “Transitional housing” means a program that provides housing for one (1) or more offenders who either have been transferred or paroled from the Division of Correction by the Parole Board or placed on probation by a circuit court or district court.  (B) An offender's home or the residence of an offender's family member shall not be considered a transitional housing facility as used in this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-93-1603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 16 - Transitional Housing Facilities|§ 16-93-1603. Powers and duties of the Board of Corrections

 (a) The Board of Corrections shall promulgate rules or develop administrative directives that set minimum standards for all transitional housing facilities in the State of Arkansas.  (b)  (1) The Parole Board, a district court, or a circuit court shall not release a transferee, parolee, or probationer to a transitional housing facility as a resident unless the transitional housing facility provides a copy of a current license issued by the Division of Community Correction under § 16-93-1604.  (2) The transitional housing facility shall comply with all the standards set by the rules or administrative directives established by the Board of Corrections under subsection (a) of this section.    (c) The rules and administrative directives described in subsection (a) of this section shall include at least the following:  (1) Compliance with any local health and safety codes, including housing codes, fire codes, plumbing codes, and electrical codes, set by the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the transitional housing facility is located;  (2) Compliance with any local zoning ordinances;  (3) Compliance with any state and federal health and safety codes;  (4) Consideration of geographic dispersement of transitional housing facilities;  (5) Allowable ratio of transitional housing facility square footage to residents; and  (6) Allowable ratio of bathing facilities and restroom facilities to residents.    (d) Each transitional housing facility shall be licensed by its type.  (e) As used in this section, “transitional housing facility” includes a reentry, self-governed, or other type of post-incarceration housing as approved by the Board of Corrections and licensed by the division.
AR Code § 16-93-1604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 16 - Transitional Housing Facilities|§ 16-93-1604. Powers and duties of the Division of Community Correction

 (a) The Division of Community Correction shall implement the rules or administrative directives described in § 16-93-1603.  (b)  (1) The division shall be responsible for the enforcement of the rules and administrative directives established by the Board of Corrections under § 16-93-1603.  (2) The division shall establish all procedures and forms that it deems necessary to implement the rules or administrative directives, and the procedures shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  (A) Creating state-issued Arkansas transitional housing facility licenses by type for applicant facilities that have met the standards established by the rules and administrative directives of the board;  (B) Establishing the process to be followed by an applicant in making application to the division to receive a license to operate an approved transitional housing facility, which shall include a reasonable application fee to be established by the board;  (C) Establishing procedures for the division to accept applications for facilities wishing to obtain a license to operate a transitional housing facility and to investigate whether applicants meet the standards established by the rules and administrative directives of the board;  (D)  (i) Establishing procedures for the division to notify an applicant when its application has been approved or denied.  (ii) All denials shall specify in writing the reason for the application's denial;    (E) Establishing procedures to investigate complaints that a licensed transitional housing facility is in violation of the standards established by the rules and administrative directives of the board;  (F) Establishing procedures for the division to suspend or revoke a license when a license holder is no longer in compliance with or violates the rules and administrative directives of the board; and  (G) Establishing procedures for the division to impose civil penalties for the operation of a transitional housing facility without a valid license issued by the division.      (c) The Director of the Division of Community Correction and the staff of the division shall provide administrative support to the board.
AR Code § 16-93-1605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 16 - Transitional Housing Facilities|§ 16-93-1605. License required

 (a) In order to operate a transitional housing facility for criminal offenders who have been transferred, paroled, or placed on probation through the Arkansas criminal justice system, the operator shall obtain a license by facility type from the Division of Community Correction.  (b)  (1) Operation of a transitional housing facility without a license issued by the division shall result in the imposition of civil penalties against the operator by the division.  (2) Civil penalties for operation of a transitional housing facility without a valid license shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day the violation continues.  (3) However, no civil penalty may be assessed until the person charged with the violation has been given the opportunity for a hearing on the violation.    (c) A criminal offender who has been transferred, paroled, or placed on probation through the Arkansas criminal justice system shall not be sent via court order to a transitional housing facility that is not properly licensed by the division.
AR Code § 16-93-1701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 17 - Swift and Certain Accountability on Probation Pilot Program|§ 16-93-1701. Establishment

 The Administrative Office of the Courts shall:   (1) Create the Swift and Certain Accountability on Probation Pilot Program, awarding up to five (5) grants in the program's first year to counties or judicial districts requesting funds to establish probation programs to be administered by the Department of Community Correction designed to reduce recidivism by requiring swift, certain, and graduated sanctions for probationers in noncompliance;  (2) Possess the discretion to determine the appropriate number of grants based on the amount of money allocated for the program and the capacity of the applicants based on submitted proposals to successfully implement and evaluate the program;  (3) Ensure that grants awarded under this subchapter are awarded in a manner that promotes the strongest proposals and evaluation designs that have the broadest impact and that are evenly geographically distributed; and  (4) Employ a person who shall have as one-half (½) of his or her designated job duties the management of the program established under this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-93-1702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 17 - Swift and Certain Accountability on Probation Pilot Program|§ 16-93-1702. Application

 (a) A county or judicial district may apply for a grant award under this subchapter by submitting a written application to the Administrative Office of the Courts.  (b) The application shall include the following:  (1) A description of the proposed probation program and the need in the county or judicial district for the establishment of a probation program under this subchapter;  (2) A description of the long-term strategy and a detailed plan of implementation, including how the county or judicial district intends to pay for the probation program after the grant funding is exhausted;  (3) A certification that all government or private entities that would be affected by the proposed probation program have been appropriately consulted regarding the development of the probation program;  (4) A description of the coordination plan involving all government or private entities in the implementation process;  (5) Identification of the governmental and judicial partners in the proposed probation program, including the chief judge of the circuit court as well as other participating judges in the applicable jurisdiction, the court administrator, the probation administrator, the county sheriff, the prosecuting attorney, the public defender, applicable private defense attorneys, applicable municipal law enforcement administrators, and applicable treatment provider administrators; and  (6) A description of how and assurances that the applicant will collect key process measures, including the:  (A) Number of probationers enrolled in the probation program;  (B) Frequency of drug testing probationers;  (C) Positive drug test rate and other rates of noncompliance with the measurable conditions of supervision;  (D) Kinds of sanctions available for a violation of probation;  (E) Kinds of rewards available for positive behavior;  (F) Certainty of the application of an appropriate sanction;  (G) Average period of time from detection of a violation to issuance of a sanction for the violation;  (H) Severity of the sanction; and  (I) Time between the completion of the sanction and a subsequent violation, if any.