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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 7 - JAIL BOARDS - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 12-41-701 — 12-41-719) › Section 12-41-714 - Bonds - Investments by public entities

(a)
Any municipality, board, commission, governing authority established by ordinance of any municipality, or governing authorities, respectively, of the local firefighter's pension and relief fund and police officer's pension and relief fund of any such municipality, the governing authority of any retirement system created by the General Assembly, or any agency may invest any of its funds not immediately needed for its purposes in bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this subchapter.
(b)
Any bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be eligible to secure the deposit of public funds.
Acts 1983, No. 918, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-460; Acts 2003, No. 1772, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 7 - JAIL BOARDS - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 12-41-701 — 12-41-719) › Section 12-41-715 - Fees, costs, etc. - Disposition

(a)
Any county, municipality, or public instrumentality may, by ordinance or resolution, provide that all or any identified portion of the revenues derived by the county, municipality, or public instrumentality from all or any identified portion of the fines or penalties as defined in this subchapter shall be remitted to and deposited by the county treasurer, municipal treasurer, or public instrumentality treasurer into one (1) or more banks doing business in the county, municipality, or county or municipality in which the public instrumentality is primarily located, to the credit of a jail revenue bond fund that may be created in connection with the issuance of debt to be used solely for the purposes as provided in this subchapter.
(b)
If any person charged with a felony or misdemeanor for which a fine or penalty, as defined in this subchapter, is imposed shall post bond and forfeit it upon failure to appear on the date set for trial, the entire amount or any identified portion of the bond forfeiture may be deposited into the jail revenue bond fund as provided in this subchapter.
(c)
(1)
All revenues derived from the fines collected under the provisions of this subchapter are determined to be fee revenues and are declared to be cash funds.
(2)
The revenues shall not be deposited into the county treasury, municipal treasury, or public instrumentality treasury but shall be deposited into the bank or banks selected by the county jail board, municipal jail board, or public instrumentality jail board.
(d)
The fee revenues as provided in this section shall be collected and applied as provided in this subchapter until the principal, premiums, if any, and interest on bonds issued under this subchapter, with trustees' and paying agents' fees shall be paid or adequate provision made for their payment.
Acts 1983, No. 918, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-455; Acts 2003, No. 1772, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 7 - JAIL BOARDS - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 12-41-701 — 12-41-719) › Section 12-41-716 - Use of board jail fund for supervision and transportation of inmates

In addition to any other purposes for which funds in a county jail board jail fund, municipal jail board jail fund, or public instrumentality jail board jail fund may be used, the funds may be used for the transportation and supervision of inmates assigned to outside work projects or for transporting inmates to a Division of Correction facility, as determined by the board.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 839, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1997, No. 643, § 1; 2003, No. 1772, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 7 - JAIL BOARDS - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 12-41-701 — 12-41-719) › Section 12-41-717 - Contract with governmental entities - Authority to create boards

(a)
Each county, municipality, public instrumentality, and other governmental entity of this state is authorized and empowered, upon ordinance or resolution of the governing body, to enter into long-term or short-term contracts with a county jail board, municipal jail board, or public instrumentality jail board under which the board provides nightly or other periodic housing of the entity's misdemeanants or other incarcerants for fee compensation or other consideration.
(b)
(1)
Each county, municipality, and public instrumentality is authorized and empowered to adopt ordinances or resolutions that provide for the creation of boards under this subchapter.
(2)
The boards shall constitute and comprise political subdivisions of the county or municipality that creates the boards or, in the case of public instrumentality boards, political subdivisions of the county or municipality that created the public instrumentality that creates the boards.
Acts 2003, No. 1772, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 7 - JAIL BOARDS - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 12-41-701 — 12-41-719) › Section 12-41-718 - Sole and exclusive law

(a)
Except as provided under §
12-41-702
, the provisions of this subchapter are intended to solely and exclusively govern the manner in which a county jail board, municipal jail board, or public instrumentality jail board is organized, operated, managed, and administered.
(b)
No other laws of this state are applicable to the boards.
Acts 2003, No. 1772, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 7 - JAIL BOARDS - REVENUE BONDS (§§ 12-41-701 — 12-41-719) › Section 12-41-719 - Repayment of debt

Any municipality, county, public instrumentality, or other governmental entity may pledge all or any portion of its fines, penalties, bonds against fines, court costs, filing fees, other court fees, and other sums payable by judicial order, statute, ordinance, or otherwise imposed by law and collected by the entity towards the repayment of any debt issued by a jail board or any public facilities board operating, owning, or administering a jail facility.
Acts 2003, No. 1772, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-801 - Title

This subchapter shall be referred to and may be cited as the "Juvenile Detention Facilities Cooperative Development and Operations Act".
Acts 1989, No. 486, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-802 - Legislative findings and determinations

(a)
The General Assembly finds that adequate juvenile detention facilities are essential to the safety and welfare of the people of this state.
(b)
It is legislatively determined that adequate juvenile detention facilities need to be made available and that a feasible and economic way of financing, constructing, acquiring, and operating the same is by authorizing cooperative endeavors for development and operation under the authority of this subchapter.
Acts 1989, No. 486, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-803 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Governing body" means the:
(A)
City council or board of directors or comparable body for a city;
(B)
Town council or board of directors or comparable body for a town; and
(C)
Quorum court for a county;
(2)
"Juvenile detention facility" means any facility for the temporary care of juveniles alleged to be delinquent, or adjudicated delinquent and awaiting disposition, who require secure custody in a physically restricting facility designed and operated with all entrances and exits under the exclusive control of the facility's staff, so that a juvenile may not leave the facility unsupervised or without permission;
(3)
"Local governmental units" means a city of any class, a town, or a county; and
(4)
"State" means the State of Arkansas.
Acts 1989, No. 486, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-804 - Regional detention facilities

(a)
Local governmental units are authorized to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of local governmental units.
(b)
Local governmental units may contract with the state through the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services for the financing, acquisition, construction, and operation of juvenile detention facilities, in particular, in accordance with the provisions and procedures as outlined in the Interlocal Cooperation Act, §
25-20-101
et seq.
Acts 1989, No. 486, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-806 - Matching requirements

(a)
(1)
Grant and loan funds shall only be awarded under this subchapter upon submission of evidence of the ability to provide an amount of local public or private dollars, or both, equal to or greater than one-third (1/3) of the state's capital grant contribution to any project.
(2)
In no event shall the state capital grant contribution to any project authorized under this subchapter exceed the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
(b)
Any revolving loan funds utilized in meeting the total cost of any project authorized under this subchapter shall be interest free and shall have terms not to exceed ten (10) years.
(c)
Any award of funds under this section shall be subject to review and approval by the Division of Youth Services, which shall promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this section.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 914, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1989, No. 486, § 6.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-807 - Operating fund account

(a)
There is hereby established an operating fund account not to exceed the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per annum, the express purpose of which is to provide a supplement to the local operations fund for the continuing operation of secure facilities for juveniles as alternatives to placement of juveniles in adult detention facilities.
(b)
(1)
The allowable uses of the operating fund account shall be to provide up to but not to exceed one-third (1/3) of the annual operations costs for a juvenile detention facility as authorized in this subchapter.
(2)
The funds shall be applied for the continuing operations of juvenile detention facilities as authorized in this subchapter together with such other general funds, if any, as may be provided by any governing body individually or in combination with each other, as established for the purposes authorized in this subchapter.
(c)
The Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this section.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 915, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1989, No. 486, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-808 - Abatement of loan balances

Any loan balances accrued pursuant to the revolving loan fund account are abated.
Acts 2001, No. 1468, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-809 - Juvenile detention centers or facilities

(a)
Juvenile detention centers or juvenile detention facilities shall operate to provide pretrial detention and short term sanctions as provided for in §
9-27-330
.
(b)
The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services has no obligation to utilize or fund juvenile detention centers or juvenile detention facilities.
Acts 2001, No. 1468, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 41 - LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 12-41-101 — 12-41-810) › Subchapter 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS ACT (§§ 12-41-801 — 12-41-810) › Section 12-41-810 - Juvenile offender transportation

(a)
Funds appropriated to the Department of Corrections for the transportation of juveniles shall be used to provide grants and reimbursements to local government units that have juvenile detention facilities for the transportation of juvenile offenders to the appropriate care or custody facilities or any other licensed juvenile facility approved by the court or as may be provided by law.
(b)
A grant or reimbursement for juvenile offender transportation costs under subsection (a) of this section shall be made in accordance with the procedures and criteria developed and administered by the Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator.
Added by Act 2023, No. 890,§ 40, eff. 7/1/2023.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 7, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1877, No. 73, § 14, p. 73; C. & M. Dig., § 2059; Pope's Dig., § 2661; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-519.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 845,§ 5, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1939, No. 118, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-512.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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].
Acts 1881, No. 81, § 11, p. 148; 1893, No. 120, § 4, p. 207; 1899, No. 111, § 1, p. 179; C. & M. Dig., § 2081; Pope's Dig., § 2683; Acts 1961, No. 254, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-520.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Acts 1939, No. 118, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-501.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Acts 1939, No. 118, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-502.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1939, No. 118, §§ 3, 6; 1965, No. 371, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 46-504, 46-511, 46-511.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Acts 1939, No. 118, § 4; 1965, No. 371, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-505.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Acts 1881, No. 81, § 12, p. 148; 1899, No. 111, § 2, p. 179; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2082, 2086; Pope's Dig., §§ 2684, 2688; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 46-506, 46-507.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 9, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1877, No. 73, § 12, p. 73; C. & M. Dig., § 2057; Pope's Dig., § 2659; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-517.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 10, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1877, No. 73, § 10, p. 73; C. & M. Dig., § 2055; Pope's Dig., § 2657; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-516.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 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.
Acts 1979, No. 27, § 1; 1985, No. 931, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-502.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 12-42-112 - Compensation of artisan or mechanic

If any person so convicted is an artisan or mechanic and is put to labor in any manual labor workhouse, or on any bridge or other public improvement, the artisan or mechanic shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for the labor, but the compensation shall not be paid to the artisan or mechanic.
Acts 1877, No. 73, § 2, p. 73; C. & M. Dig., § 2047; Pope's Dig., § 2648; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-503.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 12-42-113 - Warrants for costs

When inmates employed on public works or improvements or in public workhouses shall have paid the full amount of their fines and costs by their labor, then the county court shall issue a warrant in favor of each officer to whom costs may be due, for the amount of his or her costs, on the county treasurer, and it shall be paid if there are sufficient funds in the county treasury.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 11, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1877, No. 73, § 9, p. 73; C. & M. Dig., § 2054; Pope's Dig., § 2656; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-515.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 12-42-114 - Arrest of escapees

(a)
If any prisoner shall escape from the contractor or superintendent, the contractor or superintendent shall have the right to arrest the prisoner, in person or through any county sheriff or constable, anywhere in the state.
(b)
The prisoner, when arrested, shall be delivered to the contractor or county sheriff of the county, and shall be compelled to work out all costs in making his or her arrest, in the manner provided in this section and §§
12-42-103
,
12-42-108
,
12-42-115
,
16-90-405
, and
16-96-504
[repealed].
Acts 1881, No. 81, § 14, p. 148; C. & M. Dig., § 2088; Pope's Dig., § 2690; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-513.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 12-42-115 - Records of inmates

(a)
The county court shall cause a record of all its proceedings under §§
12-42-101
,
12-42-109
,
12-42-110
,
12-42-112
,
12-42-113
, and this section to be recorded in a well-bound book to be provided for that purpose. The record shall contain:
(1)
A descriptive list of all persons known as county inmates;
(2)
How the inmate has been or is employed;
(3)
The name of the party or parties hiring the inmate;
(4)
The time when and the price at which the inmate has been employed;
(5)
The amount paid or allowed for the employed or hired inmate;
(6)
The amount due by the inmate as fine and costs; and
(7)
Such other information as may be necessary and required under the rules adopted by the court.
(b)
It shall be the duty of the contractor or superintendent to keep a record in which shall be stated the name of the prisoner, his or her height, race, age, complexion, color of eyes and hair, time of commitment, and the punishment adjudged by the court or justice, as well as the number of days the inmate may be held to labor and a record of the days worked by the prisoner.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 12, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1877, No. 73, § 13, p. 73; 1881, No. 81, § 15, p. 148; 1883, No. 78, § 4, p. 125; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2058, 2090; Pope's Dig., §§ 2660, 2692; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 46-514; 46-518.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 12-42-116 - Work-study release - Definitions

(a)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Chief executive officer" means the county sheriff of the county if the criminal detention facility is owned or operated by a county of this state or the chief of police if the criminal detention facility is owned or operated by a municipality of this state;
(2)
"Legislative body" means the quorum court of the county in which the county-owned or operated criminal detention facility is located, or if the criminal detention facility is owned or operated by a municipality, it means whatever body is authorized to adopt ordinances for that jurisdiction; and
(3)
"Work-release" means programs under which inmates selected to participate in such programs may be gainfully employed or attend schools outside of a jail.
(b)
Any person who may be convicted by any court in this state and who is committed to a jail to serve a sentence imposed by any court of competent jurisdiction or in default of the payment of the fine and costs adjudged against him or her may be released for the purpose of participation in work-release programs under the conditions and procedures contained in subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(c)
The chief executive officer may allow inmates as described in subsection (b) of this section to participate in work-release programs in accordance with rules, regulations, and procedures adopted by the chief executive officer.
(d)
Under any work-release program, earnings by the inmate shall be paid directly to the chief executive officer and applied as follows:
(1)
The chief executive officer shall retain an amount to be established by the legislative body which will reasonably compensate the chief executive officer for the cost of feeding and housing the inmate;
(2)
The chief executive officer shall determine if the inmate has persons depending upon him or her for their support and may remit to such persons that portion of the earnings which the chief executive officer considers reasonable; and
(3)
(A)
The chief executive officer shall determine if the inmate has created victims of his or her criminal conduct who are entitled to restitution or reparations for physical injury or loss of or damage to property and may remit to such victims that portion of the earnings which the chief executive officer considers reasonable.
(B)
However, in no case shall the portion of earnings remitted for restitution be in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the inmate's income remaining after deductions for the cost of care and custody and family support in subdivisions (d)(1) and (2) of this section.
(C)
The names and addresses of the victims and the amount of restitution to be paid shall be provided to the chief executive officer by certificate of the trial court in which the defendant was convicted.
Acts 1977, No. 413, §§ 1-3; 1985, No. 1046, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 46-421 -- 46-423.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 12-42-117 - Voluntary labor

(a)
Any of the prisoners in the county jails located in counties having a population of between twenty-four thousand five hundred (24,500) and twenty-five thousand five hundred (25,500) and between forty-seven thousand five hundred (47,500) and forty-seven thousand six hundred (47,600) inhabitants may be permitted to voluntarily work in any cemetery or on any other public project in those counties.
(b)
The prisoners shall be allowed a credit on any fine owed of five dollars ($5.00) for each day they perform such voluntary labor.
Acts 1967, No. 89, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-521.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 42 - LABOR OF COUNTY AND CITY PRISONERS (§§ 12-42-101 — 12-42-118) › Section 12-42-118 - Appropriations

At its annual or specially called meeting for making appropriations, the county court shall make the necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of this section and §§
12-42-103
,
12-42-108
,
12-42-114
,
12-42-115
,
16-90-405
, and
16-96-504
[repealed].
Acts 1899, No. 111, § 4, p. 179; C. & M. Dig., § 2084; Pope's Dig., § 2686; Acts 1961, No. 254, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-509.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 49 - INTERSTATE COMPACTS (§§ 12-49-101 — 12-49-401) › Subchapter 1 - INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT (§§ 12-49-101 — 12-49-103) › Section 12-49-101 - Title

This subchapter may be cited as the "Interstate Corrections Compact".
Acts 1973, No. 315, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-1401.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 49 - INTERSTATE COMPACTS (§§ 12-49-101 — 12-49-401) › Subchapter 1 - INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT (§§ 12-49-101 — 12-49-103) › Section 12-49-103 - Director's powers

The Director of the Department of Correction is authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular, and he or she may in his or her discretion delegate this authority to other appropriate officials under his or her employ.
Acts 1973, No. 315, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-1403.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 49 - INTERSTATE COMPACTS (§§ 12-49-101 — 12-49-401) › Subchapter 2 - SOUTH CENTRAL INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT (§§ 12-49-201 — 12-49-202) › Section 12-49-202 - When compact effective - Exchange of documents

(a)
When the Governor shall have executed the Compact on behalf of this state and, shall have caused a verified copy thereof to be filed with the Secretary of State, and, when the Compact shall have been ratified by one (1) or more of the states named in §
12-49-201
, then the Compact shall become operative and effective as between this state and such other state or states.
(b)
The Governor is authorized and directed to take such action as may be necessary to complete the exchange of official documents as between this state and any other state ratifying the Compact.
Acts 1957, No. 361, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-1002.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 49 - INTERSTATE COMPACTS (§§ 12-49-101 — 12-49-401) › Subchapter 4 - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT (§ 12-49-401) › Section 12-49-401 - et seq - [Transferred]

Acts 1997, No. 959, § 1.
This subchapter was transferred to §12-76-201 et seq.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 50 - CORRECTIONS COOPERATIVE ENDEAVORS AND PRIVATE MANAGEMENT ACT (§§ 12-50-101 — 12-50-111) › Section 12-50-101 - Title

This chapter shall be referred to and may be cited as the "Corrections Cooperative Endeavors and Private Management Act".
Acts 1987, No. 427, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 50 - CORRECTIONS COOPERATIVE ENDEAVORS AND PRIVATE MANAGEMENT ACT (§§ 12-50-101 — 12-50-111) › Section 12-50-102 - Legislative determination

(a)
The General Assembly finds that adequate and modern prison facilities are essential to the safety and welfare of the people of this state.
(b)
It is legislatively determined that adequate and modern prison facilities need to be made available and that a feasible and economic way of financing, constructing, acquiring, and operating prison facilities is by authorizing cooperative endeavors and private management under the authority of this chapter.
Acts 1987, No. 427, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 50 - CORRECTIONS COOPERATIVE ENDEAVORS AND PRIVATE MANAGEMENT ACT (§§ 12-50-101 — 12-50-111) › Section 12-50-103 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Board" means the Board of Corrections;
(2)
"Bond" or "bonds" means all bonds, notes, certificates, or other instruments or evidences of indebtedness issued by the Arkansas Development Finance Authority to finance prison facilities;
(3)
"Correctional services" means the following functions, services, and activities when provided within a prison or otherwise:
(A)
The operation of facilities, including management, custody of inmates, and providing security;
(B)
Food services, commissary, medical services, transportation, sanitation, or other ancillary services;
(C)
Development and implementation assistance for classification, management, information systems, or other information systems or services;
(D)
Education, training, and jobs programs; and
(E)
Counseling, special treatment programs, or other programs for special needs;
(4)
"Department" means the Department of Correction;
(5)
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Correction;
(6)
"Governing body" means:
(A)
The city council or board of directors or comparable body for a city;
(B)
The town council or board of directors or comparable body for a town; or
(C)
The quorum court for a county;
(7)
"Local facilities" means those correctional facilities that are under the jurisdiction of a political subdivision;
(8)
"Political subdivision" means a city of any class, a town, or a county;
(9)
"Prison", "facility", or "prison facility" means any institution operated by or under the authority of the department or a political subdivision, public facilities board, redevelopment district, county sheriff, or chief of police and includes, whether obtained by purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, restoration, improvement, alteration, repair, or other means, any physical betterment or improvement related to the housing of inmates or any preliminary plans, studies, or surveys relative thereto; land or rights to land; and any furnishings, machines, vehicles, apparatus, or equipment for use in connection with any prison facility;
(10)
"Prison contractor" or "contractor" means any entity entering a contractual agreement to provide any correctional services to inmates under the custody of the state or a political subdivision, public facilities board, or redevelopment district;
(11)
"Private correctional facility" means any prison, facility, or prison facility in which correctional services for inmates are provided by a prison contractor or contractor;
(12)
"State" means the State of Arkansas; and
(13)
"State facilities" means those correctional facilities that are under the jurisdiction of the department.
Acts 1987, No. 427, § 3; 2001, No. 616, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 3 - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-25-101 — 12-51-901) › Chapter 50 - CORRECTIONS COOPERATIVE ENDEAVORS AND PRIVATE MANAGEMENT ACT (§§ 12-50-101 — 12-50-111) › Section 12-50-104 - Construction

(a)
(1)
This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intent and purposes thereof and shall be the sole authority required for the accomplishment of those purposes.
(2)
To this end, it shall not be necessary to comply with general provisions of other laws dealing with public commodities and public facilities, their acquisition, construction, leasing, encumbering, or disposition, if the Board of Corrections and the regional corrections commission shall comply with §
12-50-106
.
(b)
The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.
Acts 1987, No. 427, § 12.