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AR Code § 16-93-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 2 - Parole Board|§ 16-93-211. Early release to transitional housing facilities — Definition

 (a)  (1) As used in this section, “transitional housing” means a program that provides housing for one (1) or more offenders who have been:  (A) Transferred or paroled from the Division of Correction by the Parole Board;  (B) Placed on probation by a circuit court or district court; or  (C) Administratively transferred from the Division of Correction to the Division of Community Correction for participation in a reentry program.    (2) An offender's home or the residence of an offender's family member shall not be considered a transitional housing facility for purposes of this section.    (b)  (1) To assist an offender who will be eligible for parole or transfer to successfully reintegrate into the community, the board is authorized to place the offender into approved transitional housing up to one (1) year prior to the offender's date of eligibility for parole or transfer.  (2) Subject to conditions of release and consistent with rules promulgated by the board, placement in a transitional housing facility must be preceded by:  (A) The provision of all applicable notices under § 16-93-615; and  (B) A hearing conducted by the board.      (c) The decision to place an offender in transitional housing and the establishment of conditions of release by the board must be based on a reasoned, rational plan developed in conjunction with an accepted risk-needs assessment tool such that each placement decision is based on:  (1) Established criteria; and  (2) A determination that there is a reasonable probability that an offender can be placed in a transitional housing facility without detriment to:  (A) The community; or  (B) The offender.      (d) Conditions of release imposed by the board must at a minimum include a curfew requiring an offender placed in transitional housing to present himself or herself at a scheduled time to be confined in the transitional housing facility.  (e) An offender placed in transitional housing by the board will be supervised by officers of the Division of Community Correction.  (f) An offender who without permission leaves the custody of the transitional housing facility in which he or she is placed may be subject to criminal prosecution for first degree escape, § 5-54-110, second degree escape, § 5-54-111, and third degree escape, § 5-54-112.  (g) Revocation of placement in transitional housing must follow the revocation proceedings established in § 16-93-705.
AR Code § 16-93-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 2 - Parole Board|§ 16-93-212. Rulemaking authority

 The Parole Board may adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-93-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 2 - Parole Board|§ 16-93-213. Records to be posted on a website

 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the Parole Board shall post on the board's website the following information concerning an inmate who is being considered for parole no less than six (6) months before his or her transfer-eligibility or parole-eligibility date, or the date the board determines eligibility for parole or transfer if the inmate is past his or her transfer-eligibility or parole-eligibility date:  (1) The name of the inmate;  (2) The Division of Correction identification number of the inmate;  (3) A current photograph of the inmate;  (4) The projected hearing date of the inmate;  (5) The number of times, if any, probation or parole has been revoked from the inmate; and  (6) A link to information required to be posted about the inmate by the division under § 12-27-145.    (b) The information required to be posted on the board's website:  (1) Shall be consistently updated as required to be the most current information available to the board;  (2) Shall instruct a victim of a crime as defined by § 16-90-1101 or § 16-90-1114 on how to contact the board and provide information on the inmate; and  (3) May be removed when the inmate has been either granted or denied parole.
AR Code § 16-93-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, “sealing” means the procedure and effect as defined in the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013, § 16-90-1401 et seq.
AR Code § 16-93-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-302. Probation — First time offenders — Penalties

 (a)  (1) A person may not avail himself or herself of the provisions of this section and §§ 16-93-301 and 16-93-303 on more than one (1) occasion.  (2) Any person seeking to avail himself or herself of the benefits of this section and §§ 16-93-301 and 16-93-303 who falsely testifies, swears, or affirms to the court that he or she has not previously availed himself or herself of the benefits of this section and §§ 16-93-301 and 16-93-303 is guilty of a Class D felony.    (b)  (1) Any person charged under this section and §§ 16-93-301 and 16-93-303 with keeping the confidential records of first offenders, as provided in § 16-93-301, who divulges any information contained in the records to any person or agency other than a law enforcement officer or judicial officer is guilty of a violation and upon conviction is subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (2) Each violation shall be considered a separate offense.
AR Code § 16-93-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-304. Probation — First-time offenders — Arkansas Crime Information Center

 (a) All district court judges and circuit court judges shall immediately report to the Arkansas Crime Information Center, in the form prescribed by the center, all probations of criminal defendants under §§ 16-93-301 — 16-93-303.  (b) Prior to granting probation to a criminal defendant under §§ 16-93-301 — 16-93-303, the court shall query the center to determine whether the criminal defendant has previously been granted probation under the provisions of §§ 16-93-301 — 16-93-303.  (c) If the center determines that an individual has utilized §§ 16-93-301 — 16-93-303 more than one (1) time, the center shall notify the last sentencing judge of that fact.  (d) During the probationary period under this subchapter, the center shall report the case as pending and shall not record it as guilty until the circuit court or district court enters an adjudication of guilt.
AR Code § 16-93-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-305. Probation — First time offenders — Sex offender may not reside with minor victim

 (a) Whenever an accused who enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere prior to an adjudication of guilt for any sexual offense defined in § 5-14-101 et seq. or incest as defined in § 5-26-202 for a sexual offense or incest perpetrated against a minor is eligible for probation under procedures defined in § 16-93-303 or any other provision of law, as a condition of granting probation the court shall prohibit the accused, upon release, from residing in a residence with any minor unless the court makes a specific finding that the accused poses no danger to the minors residing in the residence.  (b) Upon violation of this condition of probation, the court may enter an adjudication of guilt and proceed as otherwise provided by law.
AR Code § 16-93-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-310. Probation generally — Revocation — Community correction program

 (a) When a person sentenced under a community correction program, § 5-4-312, violates any terms or conditions of his or her sentence or term of probation, revocation of the sentence or term of probation shall be consistent with the procedures under this subchapter.  (b) Upon revocation, the court of jurisdiction shall determine whether the offender shall remain under the jurisdiction of the court and be assigned to a more restrictive community correction program, facility, or institution for a period of time or committed to the Division of Community Correction.  (c)  (1) If committed to the Division of Correction, the court shall specify if the commitment is for judicial transfer of the offender to the Division of Community Correction or is a regular commitment.  (2)  (A) The court shall commit the eligible offender to the custody of the Division of Correction under this subchapter for judicial transfer to the Division of Community Correction subject to the following:  (i) That the sentence imposed provides that the offender shall serve no more than three (3) years of confinement, with credit for meritorious good time, with initial placement in a Division of Community Correction facility; and  (ii) That the initial placement in the Division of Community Correction is conditioned upon the offender's continuing eligibility for Division of Community Correction placement and the offender's compliance with all applicable rules established by the Board of Corrections for community correction programs.    (B) Post-prison supervision shall accompany and follow community correction programming when appropriate.
AR Code § 16-93-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-311. Probation generally — Restitution

 If the court has suspended imposition of sentence or placed a defendant on probation conditioned upon the defendant's making restitution and the defendant has not satisfactorily made all of his or her payments when the probation period has ended, the court may:   (1) Continue to assert the court's jurisdiction over the recalcitrant defendant; and  (2) Either:  (A) Extend the probation period as the court deems necessary; or  (B) Revoke the defendant's suspended sentence.
AR Code § 16-93-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-312. Probation generally — Modification

 (a) During a period of suspension or probation, upon the petition of a probation officer or a defendant or upon the court's own motion, a court may:  (1) Modify a condition imposed on the defendant;  (2) Impose an additional condition authorized by § 5-4-303;  (3) Impose an additional fine authorized by §§ 5-4-201 and 5-4-303; or  (4) Impose a period of confinement authorized by § 5-4-304.    (b) Nothing in this section shall limit the Department of Community Correction from authorizing sanctions within the intermediate sanctions grid when warranted by the defendant's conduct.
AR Code § 16-93-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-313. Probation generally — Transfer of jurisdiction

 (a) If a defendant during a period of probation goes from a county where he or she is being supervised to another county, jurisdiction over the defendant may be transferred in the discretion of the supervising court to a court of comparable jurisdiction in the other county if the court in the other county concurs.  (b) If jurisdiction over a defendant is transferred under subsection (a) of this section, the court in the county to which jurisdiction is transferred has any power with respect to the defendant previously possessed by the transferring court.  (c) The procedure under this section may be repeated if a defendant goes from the county where he or she is being supervised to another county during the period of his or her probation.
AR Code § 16-93-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 3 - Probation and Suspended Imposition of Sentence|§ 16-93-314. Probation generally — Discharge

 (a)  (1) The court may discharge the defendant from probation at any time.  (2) If a judgment of conviction was not entered by the court at the time of suspension or probation and the defendant fully complies with the conditions of suspension or probation for the period of suspension or probation, the court shall discharge the defendant and dismiss any proceedings against him or her.    (b)  (1) Subject to the provisions of §§ 5-4-501 — 5-4-504, a person against whom proceedings are discharged or dismissed under subsection (a) of this section may seek to have the criminal record sealed, consistent with the procedures established in the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013, § 16-90-1401 et seq.  (2) This subsection does not apply if:  (A) The person applying for discharge has been convicted of a sexual offense as defined by § 5-14-101 et seq.; and  (B) The victim was under eighteen (18) years of age.
AR Code § 16-93-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-601. Felonies committed prior to April 1, 1977

 (a) Death Sentence. An individual under sentence of death is not eligible for release on parole.  (b) Life Imprisonment.  (1) An individual sentenced to life imprisonment prior to March 1, 1968, and any individual sentenced to life imprisonment after February 12, 1969, and before April 1, 1977, is not eligible for release on parole unless the sentence is commuted to a term of years by executive clemency. When the life sentence is commuted to a term of years, the individual is eligible for release on parole after having served one-third (1/3) of the time to which the life sentence is commuted, with credit for good-time allowances.  (2) An individual sentenced to life imprisonment on and after March 1, 1968, and prior to February 12, 1969, is eligible for release on parole after he or she serves fifteen (15) years of the sentence, with credit for good-time allowances not to exceed five (5) years.    (c) Sentence of Years. An individual sentenced to a term of years in the Department of Correction or the Division of Correction after February 11, 1976, and before April 1, 1977, is eligible for release on parole after he or she serves the following terms:  (1) An individual sentenced to a term of years for other than a Class Y felony who is confined in the department or division for the second time is eligible for release on parole after he or she serves one-third (1/3) of the time for which sentenced, with credit for good-time allowances, or one-third (1/3) of the time to which sentence is commuted by executive clemency, with credit for good-time allowances. However, a judge may require one-half (½) of the sentence as imposed, or one-half (½) of the sentence as commuted by executive clemency, to be served, with credit for good-time allowances; and  (2) An individual sentenced to a term of years who is confined in the department or division and who pleads guilty to or is convicted of a Class Y felony or who has previously been confined in the department or division two (2) or more times is eligible for release on parole after he or she serves one-half (½) of the time to which the sentence is commuted by executive clemency, with credit for good-time allowances.    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a)-(c) of this section, the court may require anyone convicted of a crime involving the use of a deadly weapon to serve one-half (½) of the time for which sentenced, with credit for good-time allowances.
AR Code § 16-93-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-602. Felonies committed between April 1, 1977, and April 1, 1983 — Purpose and construction of sections

 (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 construed to repeal the parole eligibility laws in effect on the date criminal offenses were committed prior to April 1, 1977.
AR Code § 16-93-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-603. Felonies committed between April 1, 1977, and April 1, 1983 — Classification of inmates

 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 federal, for a crime which was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified;  (2) A second offender is a inmate convicted of two (2) or more felonies who has been incarcerated one (1) time in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime which was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified;  (3) A third offender is an inmate convicted of three (3) or more felonies who has been incarcerated two (2) times in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime which was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified; and  (4) A fourth offender is an inmate convicted of four (4) or more felonies who has been incarcerated three (3) or more times in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime which was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified.
AR Code § 16-93-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-606. Parole eligibility — Felonies committed on or after April 1, 1983, but before January 1, 1994 — Classification of inmates — Definition

 (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 more felonies but who has not been incarcerated in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime that was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified;  (2) A second offender is an inmate convicted of two (2) or more felonies and who has been once incarcerated in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime that was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified;  (3) A third offender is an inmate convicted of three (3) or more felonies and who has been twice incarcerated in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime that was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified; and  (4) A fourth offender is an inmate convicted of four (4) or more felonies and who has been incarcerated in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, three (3) or more times for a crime that was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified.
AR Code § 16-93-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-608. Parole eligibility — Class C or Class D felonies committed on or after April 1, 1983, but before January 1, 1994

 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 (1/3) of his or her sentence, with credit for good-time allowances, or one-third (1/3) of the time to which his or her sentence is commuted by executive clemency, with credit for good-time allowances.
AR Code § 16-93-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole|Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility|§ 16-93-609. Effect of more than one conviction for certain felonies — Definition

 (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, § 5-14-103, or aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103, shall not be eligible for release on parole by the Parole Board.  (b)  (1) Any person who commits a violent felony offense or any felony sex offense subsequent to August 13, 2001, and who has previously been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any violent felony offense or any felony sex offense shall not be eligible for release on parole by the board.  (2) As used in this subsection, “a violent felony offense or any felony sex offense” means those offenses listed in § 5-4-501(d)(2).