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AR Code § 12-25-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 25 - Public Hearing Requirements Prior to Location of Community-Based Residential Facilities|§ 12-25-101. Location or construction of residential facilities for sexual or violent offenders — Public hearings

 (a)  (1) No state agency, board, commission, or governing body of any municipality or county shall approve the location or construction of any community-based residential facility housing juveniles or adults adjudicated or convicted of any sexual or violent offense or any other offense that would constitute a Class C felony or higher, even if the facility otherwise conforms to applicable zoning ordinances, until a public hearing is conducted in the municipality or county of the proposed location of the facility at least thirty (30) days prior to the contracting for the acquisition of any property on which to locate the proposed facility or any existing structure in which to locate the proposed facility by the owner, operator, or care provider of the proposed facility.  (2) No community-based residential facility housing juveniles or adults adjudicated or convicted of any sexual or violent offense or any other criminal offense that would constitute a Class C felony or higher shall be located or constructed within any municipality or county of this state until a public hearing is conducted in the municipality or county of the proposed location of the facility at least thirty (30) days prior to the contracting for the acquisition of any property on which to locate the proposed facility or any existing structure in which to locate the proposed facility by the owner, operator, or care provider of the proposed facility.    (b) All residents within one thousand feet (1000') of the proposed location of the facility shall be notified by mail at least ten (10) days prior to the day of the hearing.
AR Code § 12-26-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 26 - Criminal Detention Facilities Standards|§ 12-26-101. Policy — Purpose of chapter

 (a) It is declared to be the policy of the State of Arkansas that all criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities within the counties of the state shall conform to certain minimum standards of construction, maintenance, and operation.  (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to implement this policy by establishing a criminal detention facility review committee within each of the criminal detention facility review committee districts of the state with the authority and responsibility to administer the provisions of this chapter and other laws enacted relating to standards for criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities.
AR Code § 12-26-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 26 - Criminal Detention Facilities Standards|§ 12-26-102. Definition

 As used in this chapter, “criminal detention facility” means any institution operated by a political subdivision or a combination of political subdivisions for the care, keeping, or rehabilitative needs of adult criminal offenders, including regional jails, county jails, municipal jails, and temporary holding units.
AR Code § 12-26-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 26 - Criminal Detention Facilities Standards|§ 12-26-103. Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator — Creation — Duties

 (a) There is established the Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator within the Department of Corrections which shall consist of:  (1) A criminal detention facilities review coordinator, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and  (2) An administrative assistant.    (b) The office shall be responsible for promulgating minimum standards for the construction, maintenance, and operation of local, county, regional, or state criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (c) The coordinator shall perform all duties necessary to assure uniformity in the interpretation and administration of the minimum standards by the several criminal facility detention review committees.
AR Code § 12-26-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 26 - Criminal Detention Facilities Standards|§ 12-26-106. Powers and duties of a criminal detention facility review committee

 A criminal detention facility review committee shall:   (1) Provide consultation and technical assistance to county and local government officials with respect to criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities;  (2) Visit and inspect the criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities for compliance with the standards as established under § 12-26-103;  (3) Advise government officials and other appropriate persons of deficiencies in the criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities and make recommendations for improvements;  (4) Submit written reports of the inspections to appropriate agencies and persons as provided in § 12-26-107;  (5) Review and comment on plans for the construction and major modification or renovation of the criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities; and  (6) Perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry out the policy of the state regarding criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities.
AR Code § 12-26-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 26 - Criminal Detention Facilities Standards|§ 12-26-107. Inspection of facility — Report

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each criminal detention facility review committee shall visit and inspect each criminal detention facility and each juvenile detention facility, if any, in the committee's criminal detention facility review committee district at least annually for the purpose of determining the conditions of confinement, the treatment of prisoners, and whether the criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities comply with the minimum standards established pursuant to this chapter.  (b)  (1) A written report of each inspection shall be made within thirty (30) days following such inspection to the administrative judge for a judicial district within the geographic area of the criminal detention facility review committee district in which the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility is located and to the county judge or the governing body of the political subdivision whose criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility is the subject of the written report.  (2) The written report shall specify those respects in which the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility does not comply with the required minimum standards.
AR Code § 12-26-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 26 - Criminal Detention Facilities Standards|§ 12-26-108. Failure to meet minimum standards — Procedure

 (a)  (1) If an inspection under this chapter discloses that the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility does not meet the minimum standards established by the Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator, the criminal detention facility review committee shall send notice, together with the inspection report, to the governing body responsible for the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility.  (2) A copy of the notice required by this chapter shall also be sent to the administrative judge of a judicial district within the geographic area of the criminal detention facility review committee district in which the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility is located.    (b) The appropriate governing body shall promptly meet to consider the inspection report, and the chair of the criminal detention facility review committee, or the chair's designee, shall appear to advise and consult concerning appropriate corrective action.  (c) The governing body shall then initiate appropriate corrective action within six (6) months of the receipt of the inspection report or may voluntarily close the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility or the objectionable portion of the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility.  (d)  (1) If the governing body fails to initiate corrective action within six (6) months after receipt of the inspection report, or fails to correct the disclosed conditions, or fails to close the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility or the objectionable portion of the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility, the committee may petition a circuit court within the judicial district in which the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility is located to close the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility.  (2) The petition shall include the inspection report regarding the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility.  (3) The local governing body shall then have thirty (30) days to respond to the petition and shall serve a copy of the response on the chair by certified mail, return receipt requested.    (e) Thereafter, a hearing shall be held on the petition before the circuit court, and an order rendered by the circuit court which:  (1) Dismisses the petition of the committee;  (2) Directs that corrective action be initiated in some form by the local governing body with respect to the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility in question; or  (3) Directs that the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility be closed.    (f) An appeal from the decision of the circuit court may be taken as provided in the Rules of Appellate Procedure — Civil.
AR Code § 12-32-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 32 - Treatment of Female Inmates or Detainees|§ 12-32-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Correctional or detention facility” means:  (A) A local or state correctional facility or detention facility that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of the state, including a city jail, county jail, or facility operated by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction; or  (B) A post-incarceration residential reentry facility designed to house a person on parole;    (2) “Detainee” includes a person detained under the immigration laws of the United States;  (3) “Inmate” means any person incarcerated in a correctional or detention facility for any reason;  (4) “Labor” means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix;  (5) “Post-partum” means, as determined by the physician of the inmate or detainee, the thirty-day period following delivery of a child; and  (6)  (A) “Restraints” means a physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of an inmate's or detainee's body or limbs, including without limitation:  (i) Flex cuffs;  (ii) Soft restraints;  (iii) Hard metal handcuffs;  (iv) A black box;  (v) Chubb cuffs;  (vi) Leg irons;  (vii) Belly chains;  (viii) A security tether or chain;  (ix) A convex shield; and  (x) Restraints connecting more than one (1) inmate or detainee.    (B) “Restraints” does not include a door to a room.
AR Code § 12-32-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 32 - Treatment of Female Inmates or Detainees|§ 12-32-103. Necessary female prenatal nutrition and hygiene products required

 (a) A correctional or detention facility shall establish a policy for providing:  (1) Necessary prenatal vitamins and nutrition for pregnant inmates and detainees;  (2) A necessary number of hygiene products for female inmates and detainees;  (3) A necessary number of undergarments for female inmates and detainees;  (4) A lower bunk for a pregnant inmate or detainee; and  (5) Unless otherwise provided for by the correctional or detention facility, access for a pregnant inmate or detainee to nonprofit educational programming, such as prenatal care, pregnancy-specific hygiene, and parenting classes.    (b) A policy under this section may be approved annually by the Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council.
AR Code § 12-42-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-101. Definition

 As used in §§ 12-42-109, 12-42-110, 12-42-112, 12-42-113, and 12-42-115, “county inmates” means persons convicted of misdemeanors or petty offenses and committed to jail in default of the payment of the fine and costs adjudged against them.
AR Code § 12-42-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-102. Penalties

 A person who uses the work of a prisoner or enters into a contract to lease and use the work of a prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor in violation of §§ 12-42-104 — 12-42-107 upon conviction is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and may be imprisoned not exceeding ninety (90) days.
AR Code § 12-42-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-103. County farm — Purchase authorized

 Plenary power is conferred upon the county levying court at its regular or specially called meeting, to authorize the county court or the county judge thereof in vacation to purchase in the name and for the benefit of the county, a tract of land not to exceed two thousand (2,000) acres, or the levying court shall have the power, if it deem best, to direct the court or the county judge thereof in vacation, to lease in the name and for the benefit of the county, a farm upon which the county prisoners shall be worked under the provisions of this section or §§ 12-42-108, 12-42-114, 12-42-115, 16-90-405, and 16-96-504 [repealed].
AR Code § 12-42-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-104. Leasing procedure exclusive

 It shall be unlawful for any county judge or mayor of any city or incorporated town or any person to lease or contract for the lease of any prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor, whether a violation of the laws of the state or ordinance of any municipality, except as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 12-42-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-105. Workhouses and public works

 (a) Any person who may be convicted of a misdemeanor or petty offense by any court in this state and who shall be committed to jail to serve a sentence imposed by any court of competent jurisdiction or who shall be in default of the payment of the fine and costs adjudged against him or her may be required to discharge the sentence or fine and costs by manual labor in any workhouse, farm, street, road, bridge, or other public work in the county where the conviction and committal occurred.  (b) However, the workhouse, farm, road, street, bridge, or other public work shall be owned, operated, or conducted by the State of Arkansas, any county thereof, or a city or incorporated town within the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 12-42-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-106. Contracts with other counties, cities, or towns — Liability

 (a)  (1) The county court or the county judge thereof in vacation, or the mayor of any city or incorporated town, when authorized to do so by an ordinance duly adopted by the city or town council or other governing body of the municipality, is authorized and empowered to make a contract with any other county, city, or town for the maintenance, safekeeping, and working of inmates committed to county or city jails except inmates awaiting trial.  (2) The county court, county judge, or mayor may make such contract as deemed in the best interests of the county, city, or incorporated town.    (b) For the purpose of making a contract to effectuate the provisions of this section and §§ 12-42-102, 12-42-104, 12-42-105, and 12-42-107, the county court or county judge of any county, and the mayor, with the approval of the city or town council, or other governing body of any municipality, is vested with plenary power.  (c) Any county, city, or town contracting for the safekeeping of inmates under the provisions of this section and §§ 12-42-102, 12-42-104, 12-42-105, and 12-42-107, shall obligate itself to furnish the inmates with good and wholesome food, comfortable clothing, and medicine when sick and shall not require them to work at unreasonable hours or for a longer time during any one (1) day than other laborers doing the same kind of labor are accustomed to do.  (d) A county sheriff, constable, mayor, or other officer to whom a person is committed for imprisonment to serve a sentence imposed for a misdemeanor or petty offense or in default of the payment of fine and costs therefor shall not be responsible for the health, safety, or welfare of the person if the county sheriff, constable, mayor, or other officer shall deliver the person to any county, city, or town other than that of which the former is an officer, pursuant to a contract for the maintenance, safekeeping, and working of inmates authorized by statute.
AR Code § 12-42-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-107. Procedure when satisfactory contract cannot be made

 (a)  (1) If the county court or county judge thereof in vacation, or the mayor of any city or incorporated town, is unable to make a satisfactory contract with some county, city, or incorporated town, or if the contract does not necessarily, by its terms, cover all persons committed to jail to serve a sentence or in default of the payment of a fine and costs adjudged against him or her, in the county or city where the conviction is had, then the county court or county judge thereof may order the prisoners to be worked.  (2) The prisoners may be worked on the public roads, bridges, levees, or any other public improvement of the county or may perform any other lawful labor for the benefit of the county.    (b) The city or town council or the governing body of any municipality or the mayor thereof may order the prisoners worked on any public streets, alleys, public buildings, public parks, or any other public improvements of the city or may order them to perform any other lawful labor for the benefit of the city, under such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this section or §§ 12-42-102 and 12-42-104 — 12-42-106, as the county court or county judge thereof, or the mayor and governing body of any municipality thereof may prescribe.
AR Code § 12-42-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-108. Superintendent

 (a) In the event that the county court or county judge thereof shall order the prisoners to be worked on roads, bridges, levees, or other county improvements, it shall be the duty of the county court or county judge thereof to appoint some suitable person as superintendent to take charge of, manage, and control the labor of the prisoners, who shall, for the purpose of working them, be authorized to employ such guards or adopt such means to prevent escapes as may be necessary.  (b) The superintendant shall have all the power of punishing for refusal to work given to contractors in this subchapter.  (c) Upon the order of the county judge, the county sheriff shall deliver to the superintendent all prisoners in his or her custody and receive them back from him or her whenever he or she shall return them for any purpose to the jail.  (d) The superintendent shall take an oath to faithfully discharge his or her duties and shall receive such compensation for his or her services as the court may fix.  (e) The superintendant may be at any time removed by the county court or county judge, and another may be appointed by the county judge in vacation, subject to approval at the next term of the county court.
AR Code § 12-42-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-109. Management of inmates not hired

 (a) Unless the inmates are immediately hired out, the management and control of the county inmates shall be confined to county courts either in term time or in vacation by the county judge.  (b) The county court or county judge shall always have the right to require the aid of the county sheriff and constables of their respective counties. All lawful orders or process necessary to be issued and executed shall be executed by the county sheriff or constable.
AR Code § 12-42-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-110. Labor on public works restricted

 A county inmate shall not be allowed to work on any public work or improvement whenever there may be danger of his or her escape, nor shall he or she be compelled to labor at any kind of business or in any avocation that would tend to impair his or her health or strength.
AR Code § 12-42-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 42 - Labor of County and City Prisoners|§ 12-42-111. Credit for labor

 (a) Every county court or a county official designated by the county court may utilize persons convicted and committed to the county jails to perform manual labor in any workhouse, farm, road, street, bridge, or other public work owned, operated, or conducted by the state or any county, city, or incorporated town within the state.  (b)  (1) An inmate performing such labor shall receive compensatory time in the amount of one (1) additional day's credit against his or her sentence for each day's labor.  (2) The county court shall determine what constitutes a day's labor.    (c) Furthermore, the county court or a county official designated by the county court shall determine which inmates may participate in this program and the extent of their participation.