Arkansas
Arkansas splits corrections staff standards. County and city jailers must finish a basic jail course within 9 months of hire under state jail standards, Division of Correction officers train at the Division’s own academy, and the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST) certifies sworn officers. Since 2023 the State has moved the jail standards office to the Department of Public Safety and then into CLEST, restructured parole as post-release supervision, required probation conditions tailored to risk and needs, and required state prisons and local jails to designate shared spaces by sex.
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At a glance
- Certifying body
- Split. CLEST, in the Department of Public Safety, certifies law enforcement officers, including “specialized” personnel whose duties are limited to a facility; its rule notes that an agency “may require additional specialized training for job assignments such as jailers, parole, probation, etc.” (12 CAR 1-117). County and city jail staff are not CLEST-certified as such; the jail standards require a basic jail course (12 CAR 50-302(e)). Department of Corrections, Division of Correction staff train at the Division’s Willis H. Sargent Training Academy (12 CAR 70-304). Since August 5, 2025, the jail standards office has sat within CLEST. See the Arkansas Officer Ledger page for CLEST certification.
- Statute
- Ark. Code Title 12, ch. 9 (CLEST); ch. 26 (criminal detention facility standards and review committees, 12-26-101 et seq.); chs. 27 to 29 (Department of Corrections, Board of Corrections, Division of Correction; 12-28-110 sex-designated spaces; 12-29-901 et seq. Recidivism Reduction System); Title 16, ch. 93 (parole, post-release supervision, Division of Community Correction). Rules: 12 CAR pt. 50 (Minimum Standards for Adult Criminal Detention Facilities), 12 CAR pts. 60 and 70 (Board of Corrections and Division of Correction), 16 CAR ch. IV (Division of Community Correction), and 12 CAR ch. I (CLEST).
- Minimum standards
- County and city jail staff: a background investigation on the CLEST form or an equivalent; high school education or equivalent; no felony conviction at hire (sealed, expunged, or pardoned records are not considered); at least 18 on the date of hire; any CLEST medical and psychological standards for staff who have contact with detainees; a health examination; and a probationary period of at least 1 year (12 CAR 50-302). CLEST-certified officers, including specialized personnel, must meet 12 CAR 1-106, which the Officer Ledger page covers.
- Basic training
- Jail staff who care for and control detainees must complete “training equivalent to the basic jail course which is offered or approved by the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy or the Division of Correction (for counties or cities participating in the Act 309 Program) within nine (9) months of being hired.” Extensions of up to 3 months at a time may be granted, but training may never be deferred beyond 2 years. Certified law enforcement officers and Department of Corrections correctional officers are exempt if the chief executive certifies they know the standards (12 CAR 50-302(e)). Division of Correction: new employees receive 1 hour of preservice restraint training (12 CAR 60-309(e)(2)); total academy hours were not found in statute or rule.
- In-service training
- Jail staff: “The chief executive shall require all employees to complete sixteen (16) hours of continuing education per year,” which may include suicide prevention, PREA, CPR, AED and first aid, use of force and duty to intervene, and personnel policies (12 CAR 50-302(f)). Division of Correction: in-service restraint classes “should be held at least twice a year,” and officers take at least one refresher course a year (12 CAR 60-309). CLEST-certified officers: at least 24 hours a year (12 CAR 1-106(c)(12)).
- Decertification
- For CLEST-certified officers, CLEST “shall review” certification when an agency reports a separation for failing standards, dismissal for violating law or agency rules, resignation during an internal investigation, excessive force, or dishonesty, and by rule “may revoke” after notice and hearing on listed grounds (Ark. Code 12-9-602, 12-9-603; 12 CAR 1-138). County jail staff who are not CLEST-certified hold no state certificate to revoke, and no state decertification process for them was found. The Officer Ledger page covers CLEST revocation and its public record.
- Jail standards
- Yes. The Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator, with the Secretary of Public Safety’s approval, sets “minimum standards for the construction, maintenance, and operation of local, county, regional, or state criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities,” and regional criminal detention facility review committees inspect for compliance (Ark. Code 12-26-103 et seq.). The standards include 24-hour awake staffing, yearly committee approval of staffing patterns, cell checks at irregular intervals of no more than 60 minutes (30 minutes for juveniles and for suicidal or behavioral-problem detainees), and mixed-sex staffing when both sexes are held (12 CAR 50-801).
- Probation and parole officers
- Adult probation and post-release supervision, formerly parole, are run by the Department of Corrections’ Division of Community Correction. Since January 1, 2024, the Protect Arkansas Act calls the Parole Board the Post-Prison Transfer Board and treats release as transfer to post-release supervision (Act 659 of 2023). Whether Community Correction officers must hold CLEST certification was not confirmed from an official source.
- Restrictive housing
- No statutory limit on solitary confinement or restrictive housing was found. By Division of Correction rule, an inmate may be placed in punitive segregation only after an impartial due process hearing and is released after completing the sentence or when no longer a threat; no maximum duration is stated, and operating procedures are left to administrative directives (12 CAR 70-106). Protective custody is covered separately (12 CAR 70-104).
- Corrections use of force
- By Division of Correction rule, force is authorized “only to the extent necessary” to keep order and discipline and ensure safety and security. Employees “shall use the minimum amount of force necessary,” force “shall never be used as a means of punishment,” and only staff trained by the Willis H. Sargent Training Academy may use chemical agents or control devices (12 CAR 70-304). Restraints may be used only to protect people or prevent escape, never as punishment, never about the neck, and never so as to inflict pain or restrict circulation or breathing (12 CAR 60-309). No statute or rule specific to restraining pregnant prisoners was found; the pregnancy rule (12 CAR 60-203) covers health care and custody planning only.
Changes, 2023 to 2026
State prisons, county and city jails, and juvenile detention facilities must designate restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters by sex
A state correctional facility (Division of Correction or Division of Community Correction, but not a temporary municipal holding facility), a local correctional facility such as a county or city jail (new 12-41-111), and a juvenile detention facility must follow this rule: “A facility shall designate each multi-occupancy restroom, changing room, and sleeping quarter for the exclusive use of females or males.” Those spaces may be used only by members of the designated sex. Section 12-41-111 applies the same rule to local correctional facilities, 9-6-113 applies a parallel rule to shelters, and 22-3-2201 et seq. covers public buildings.
For corrections staff: In state prisons and in county and city jails, assign shared restrooms, changing areas, and sleeping quarters by sex as the act defines it.
Jail standards office placed within CLEST
“There is established the Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator within the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training of the Department of Public Safety.” The office still sets, with the Secretary of Public Safety’s approval, minimum standards for local, county, regional, and state criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities. The coordinator now takes assigned duties from the Director of the Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training. The Officer Ledger page has the same entry.
For corrections staff: The body that certifies police now also houses the office that writes and enforces jail standards.
Probation conditions must be tailored to criminogenic risks and needs
The act defines “criminogenic.” “Conditions attached by the court shall be narrowly tailored” to the defendant’s rehabilitation, public safety, and criminogenic risks and needs, taking the presentence investigation into account, for probation and suspended sentences. It also amends supervision provisions in Titles 12 and 16.
For corrections staff: Community Correction officers should see fewer blanket conditions and more conditions tied to assessed risks and needs.
One combined annual report on Correction and Community Correction
Separate reports are replaced by one annual Board of Corrections report to the Governor and the General Assembly after each fiscal year, covering both divisions. The Division of Correction part must include statistics, farm and inmate-activity income, expenditures, and “A progress report regarding internal issues, including without limitation: (i) Inmate discipline; (ii) Utilization of programming; (iii) Facilities and bed space utilization; (iv) Upkeep issues; and (v) Construction needs.”
For corrections staff: Discipline, bed space, and maintenance data from your facility feed a yearly report to the Legislature.
Community correction centers clarified; 365-day cap on center confinement as a probation condition
The act updates the law on the Division of Community Correction and the Division of Correction and clarifies references to community correction centers “operated or contracted by a division of the Department of Corrections.” As a probation condition, local jail confinement stays capped at 120 days for a felony and 30 days for a misdemeanor, and community correction center confinement at 365 days. Sex offender community notification assessments move to the Department of Corrections.
For corrections staff: Center and probation staff work under the restated confinement caps, and notification assessments are now a Department of Corrections task.
Recidivism Reduction System created within the Department of Corrections
The act’s findings state: “The recidivism rate for the Department of Corrections for the 2019 cohort was forty-eight and three-tenths percent (48.3%),” with over $140 million a year in reincarceration costs. The findings state an intent that reentry preparation begin on the first day of incarceration. The operative sections require a validated risk and needs assessment at intake, a case plan for each inmate, and programming throughout the term (12-29-903 to 12-29-905). Act 769 of 2025 (SB 590) carries the same title.
For corrections staff: Programming and reentry planning are now expected to start at intake, not just before release.
Protect Arkansas Act: Parole Board becomes the Post-Prison Transfer Board; release restructured
The Parole Board is renamed the Post-Prison Transfer Board, and release is recast as transfer to post-release supervision. The act creates categories of felonies ineligible to earn release credits, so that 100% of the sentence is served, and restricted-release felonies, with new release eligibility rules for felonies committed on or after January 1, 2025. “Sections 1-249 of this act and sections 251-254 of this act are effective on and after January 1, 2024.”
For corrections staff: Classification and Community Correction staff must apply the new release-credit categories and post-release supervision terms.
Jail standards office and review committees move from Corrections to Public Safety
The criminal detention facility review committees and the Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator, with their powers, staff, records, and funds, move from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Public Safety. Existing standards stay in force until amended or repealed. The coordinator serves at the pleasure of the Secretary of Public Safety, and changes to inspection methods need that secretary’s approval. The emergency clause states that “this act being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety shall become effective on July 1, 2023.”
For corrections staff: Jail standards and inspections are run outside the state prison system.
Enacted, not yet in force, pending, and bills that did not pass
No enacted corrections change awaiting its effective date was found. Failed 2023 to 2025 bills on corrections staffing or restrictive housing were not searched: the Legislature’s advanced act search returned no results to a direct query, so the sweep for acts this page may have missed was also not completed.
Checked and unchanged
- Arkansas Code sections were not read on the official code site; statute text here comes from the enrolled acts and the statute copies CLEST posts, current through the 2023 session.
- 12 CAR pt. 50 (jail standards) and the Board of Corrections rules: the Code of Arkansas Rules pages did not show history notes, so 2023 to 2026 rule amendments were not identified.
- Not reviewed: 2023 to 2026 pay and retirement acts for correctional officers, which the Legislature lists under Titles 21 and 24.
Bills in the legislature
Bills in the current session whose title concerns corrections officers, jails, probation and parole, and conditions of confinement, found automatically in LegiScan's copy of the legislature's records and refreshed daily (last on October 21, 2026). This list is not reviewed by an editor and is not a summary of the bills; each links to the legislature's own page, which controls. Bills that become law are added to the dated entries above once checked.
- Enacted
HB1011: An Act For The Department Of Corrections - Division Of Correction Appropriation For The 2026-2027 Fiscal Year.
Last action April 29, 2026: Notification that HB1011 is now Act 120. 95th General Assembly (2026 Fiscal).
The law, section by section
Every section of the statutes and rules this page relies on that could be read from an official source, 293 in all, each linked to the official text. Headings are copied from the official tables of contents, checked October 21, 2026.
Arkansas Code, Title 12, Chapter 9: Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards (subchapters 1 to 4 and 6)Statute · 50 sections
Official text current through Section printouts posted by the Division of Arkansas State Police (CLEST), dated 4-4-2024, footer: "The constitution and statutes are current through the 2023 Regular Session and the 2023 First Extraordinary Session of the 94th Arkansas General Assembly." Act 748 of 2025 later amended 12-9-209 and 12-9-602 (text only, no new sections); read 2026-10-20. The official Arkansas Code is published online only through LexisNexis's JavaScript-only public-access site. Section list from the CLEST statutes page, which posts each section as a Westlaw printout PDF; headings are the full catchlines from those printouts. Sections not posted there (for example 12-9-121 and 12-9-205, likely repealed or reserved) are not listed; any section added by 2024 to 2026 acts may be missing. Same list as the Officer Ledger library; the CLEST statutes page was re-read 2026-10-21 and links the same 50 sections. Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-9-101 to 12-9-603, official text
Subchapter 1. Commission and Advisory Board on Standards and Training
- 12-9-101 Findings and determinations
- 12-9-102 Definitions
- 12-9-103 Commission created--Members--Meetings--Director
- 12-9-104 Commission's powers generally
- 12-9-105 Employees
- 12-9-106 Employment requirements
- 12-9-107 Training programs
- 12-9-108 Failure to meet qualifications--Effect--Exemptions
- 12-9-109 Legal services
- 12-9-110 Training of civilians to file parking violations and traffic accident reports
- 12-9-111 Uniforms
- 12-9-112 County sheriff as law enforcement officer
- 12-9-113 Domestic violence training
- 12-9-114 Training concerning sexual assaults for enforcement officers
- 12-9-115 Training for constables
- 12-9-116 Persons with disabilities training
- 12-9-117 Award of pistol upon retirement or death of a certified law enforcement officer employed by the division
- 12-9-118 New or inactive law enforcement agency--Approval by commission required--Definition
- 12-9-119 Behavioral health crisis intervention training
- 12-9-120 Imposition of administrative penalties
- 12-9-122 Controlled substance overdose identification training
- 12-9-123 Missing and unidentified persons training
- 12-9-124 Part-time law enforcement officers--Number restricted
- 12-9-125 Duty-to-intervene training
- 12-9-126 Alzheimer's disease and other dementias training
Subchapter 2. Law Enforcement Training Academy
- 12-9-201 Academy established
- 12-9-202 Location of academy
- 12-9-203 Acceptance of gifts, grants, etc.--Disposition
- 12-9-204 Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training--Law enforcement powers
- 12-9-206 Furnishing of expenses
- 12-9-207 Unopposed candidates for county sheriff
- 12-9-208 State Capitol Police--Training course
- 12-9-209 Reimbursement for training costs or expenses
- 12-9-210 Designated law enforcement agencies
- 12-9-211 Private school and private college or university law enforcement officers
Subchapter 3. Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers
- 12-9-301 Definitions
- 12-9-302 Commission's authorities
- 12-9-303 Officer's authority
- 12-9-304 Appointment standards
- 12-9-305 Unqualified officers
- 12-9-306 Number restricted
- 12-9-307 Benefits
- 12-9-308 Agency and subdivision liability
Subchapter 4. Radar Instructors and Operators
- 12-9-401 Definitions
- 12-9-402 Commission's authorities
- 12-9-403 Appointment and training
- 12-9-404 Unqualified operators
Subchapter 6. Law Enforcement Officer Employment, Appointment, or Separation
Code of Arkansas Rules, Title 12, Part 1: Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and TrainingRules · 29 sections
Official text current through Code of Arkansas Rules (codeofarrules.arkansas.gov), Arkansas Secretary of State; no currency statement on the tree; read 2026-10-21. The site renders its table of contents with JavaScript; section list read from the site's own tree data service (codeofarrules.arkansas.gov/Home/GetRulesTreeViewData). Section numbers shown without the "12 CAR §" prefix. [Reserved] sections omitted (1-108, 1-110, 1-122, 1-123, 1-127, 1-128, 1-133, 1-134, 1-135). Same part as the Officer Ledger library, re-read 2026-10-21. 12 CAR pt. 1, official text
Subpart 1. Generally
- 1-101 Goal of the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training
- 1-102 Purpose
- 1-103 Objectives
- 1-104 Definitions
- 1-105 Contact information
- 1-106 Minimum standards for employment, appointment, or continued employment
- 1-107 Probationary period
- 1-109 Minimum standards for training
- 1-111 Officer records
- 1-112 Reciprocity
- 1-113 Requirements to obtain law enforcement certification
- 1-114 Certification of law enforcement officers — All officers
- 1-115 Certification of auxiliary law enforcement officers
- 1-116 Part-time law enforcement officers
- 1-117 Certification of specialized law enforcement personnel
- 1-118 Certification of field training and specialized field training officers
- 1-119 Police traffic radar operators and instructors
- 1-120 Certification of instructors
- 1-121 Certification of schools or courses
- 1-124 The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics
- 1-125 Director
- 1-126 Miscellaneous activities of the commission
- 1-129 Retired officer’s right to carry weapon
- 1-130 Arkansas state standard for firearms training and qualification
- 1-131 Certification of civil traffic wardens
- 1-132 Law enforcement canines and law enforcement canine qualifying officials
- 1-136 Retired officer elected as constable
- 1-137 Marijuana leaf field test technician
- 1-138 Decertification, disciplinary action, and hearings
Code of Arkansas Rules, Title 12, Part 50: Minimum Standards for Adult Criminal Detention FacilitiesRules · 127 sections
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Subpart 1. Generally
- 50-101 Definitions
Subpart 2. Administration
- 50-201 Administrator
- 50-202 Involvement of chief executive
- 50-203 Written policies
- 50-204 Fiscal management
Subpart 3. Personnel Standards
Subpart 4. Rules of Conduct for Personnel
Subpart 5. Records, Commitments, and Receiving Procedures
- 50-501 Receiving of detainee
- 50-502 Verification of detainment
- 50-503 Jail log
- 50-504 Detainee information
- 50-505 Personal property of detainee
- 50-506 Search during receiving of detainee
- 50-507 Strip searches
- 50-508 Opportunity to arrange bond
- 50-509 Detainee orientation to facility rules
- 50-510 Assignment to quarters
- 50-511 Disciplinary actions
- 50-512 Critical or significant occurrences documented in writing
- 50-513 Records retention policy
Subpart 6. Detainee Rights and Disciplinary Procedures
- 50-601 Written disciplinary policy
- 50-602 Written detainee rights
- 50-603 Written disciplinary procedures
Subpart 7. Detainee Classification
- 50-701 Classification system required
- 50-702 Work release and trustee detainees
- 50-703 Juvenile detainees
Subpart 8. Security
Subpart 9. Medical, Dental, and Mental Healthcare Services
- 50-901 Written plan required
- 50-902 Healthcare delivery requirements
- 50-903 Emergency and sick call procedures required
- 50-904 Records required
- 50-905 Administration of medication
- 50-906 Emergency notification policy
- 50-907 Transfer of detainee records to other facilities
- 50-908 Psychiatric evaluation
- 50-909 Emergency and lifesaving techniques and equipment required
- 50-910 Detainee testing prohibited
- 50-911 Requirements for use of restraints in medical or psychiatric situations
- 50-912 Detoxification procedures
- 50-913 Written delousing procedures required
- 50-914 Records compliance required
- 50-915 Consultation with public health officials
Subpart 10. Mail, Communication, and Visitation
- 50-1001 Visitor’s log
- 50-1002 Visitation privilege
- 50-1003 Rules required for searches in visitation areas
- 50-1004 Written policy required for incoming and outgoing correspondence
- 50-1005 Written policy required for privileged detainee correspondence
- 50-1006 Written policy required for inspection of mail
- 50-1007 Communication device usage policy required
Subpart 11. Food Service
- 50-1101 General guidelines
- 50-1102 Food service records
- 50-1103 Conformance to Department of Health rules
- 50-1104 Food service policy
- 50-1105 Dining areas
- 50-1106 Twenty-four-hour/overnight and book-in facilities
- 50-1107 Outside food
Subpart 12. Detainee Work Rules
Subpart 13. Safety
- 50-1301 General provisions
- 50-1302 Annual inspection required
- 50-1303 Written fire plan required
- 50-1304 Written emergency plan required
- 50-1305 Exit signs
- 50-1306 Requirements for storage of flammable and toxic materials
- 50-1307 Detainee use of tools
- 50-1308 Firefighting equipment
- 50-1309 Records of personnel safety training
Subpart 14. Detainee Services and Programs
- 50-1401 Applicability
- 50-1402 Written policy required
- 50-1403 Detainee participation optional
- 50-1404 Detainee exercise
- 50-1405 Commissary
Subpart 15. Existing Facilities
- 50-1501 Definition
- 50-1502 Inspections
- 50-1503 Documentation
- 50-1504 Environmental systems generally
- 50-1505 Fire detection
- 50-1506 Disabled detainees
- 50-1507 Exits
- 50-1508 Intake, booking, and release areas
- 50-1509 Alcohol unit
- 50-1510 General housing requirements
- 50-1511 Single cell housing areas
- 50-1512 Multiple occupancy housing areas
- 50-1513 Special housing areas
- 50-1514 Activity rooms
- 50-1515 Linen storage
- 50-1516 Exercise spaces
- 50-1517 Security storage
- 50-1518 Administrative space
- 50-1519 Food preparation area
- 50-1520 Visitation and consultation area
Subpart 16. New Construction
- 50-1601 Definitions
- 50-1602 Plan review
- 50-1603 Plan approval
- 50-1604 Documentation
- 50-1605 Building codes
- 50-1606 Environmental systems generally
- 50-1607 Fire detection
- 50-1608 Disabled accessibility
- 50-1609 Exits
- 50-1610 Floor drains
- 50-1611 Natural light
- 50-1612 Controlled access
- 50-1613 Intake, booking, and release areas
- 50-1614 Alcohol units
- 50-1615 Detainee separation
- 50-1616 General housing requirements
- 50-1617 Single cell housing areas
- 50-1618 Multiple occupancy housing areas
- 50-1619 Special housing areas
- 50-1620 Dayrooms
- 50-1621 Activity rooms
- 50-1622 Linen storage and laundry services
- 50-1623 Exercise spaces
- 50-1624 Secure storage
- 50-1625 Administrative space
- 50-1626 Food service space
- 50-1627 Visitation and consultation area
- 50-1628 Health room
Subpart 17. Temporary Holding Units
Code of Arkansas Rules, Title 12, Part 60: Department of Corrections Rules (Board of Corrections)Rules · 38 sections
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Subpart 1. Generally
- 60-101 Classification of offenders
- 60-102 Inmate records
- 60-103 Inmate DNA testing
- 60-104 Inmate commissaries
- 60-105 Funds of offenders
- 60-106 Use of telephones
- 60-107 Chaplaincy services
- 60-108 Grievance procedures for offenders
- 60-109 Discrimination and racial issues
- 60-110 Transfer eligibility to the Division of Community Correction
- 60-111 Sentence computation and tracking
- 60-112 Electronic monitoring after 120 days served
- 60-113 Meritorious good time
- 60-114 Inmate emergency work assignments during disasters
- 60-115 Earned Release Credits Committee
- 60-116 Accrual of Earned Release Credits
- 60-117 Visitation
Subpart 2. Inmate Health
- 60-201 Personal cleanliness and grooming for offenders
- 60-202 Health services
- 60-203 Prenatal care/pregnant inmates/residents
- 60-204 Terminal illness or permanently incapacitated
Subpart 3. Internal Procedures
- 60-301 Safety and sanitation
- 60-302 Food service
- 60-303 Transporting/escorting offenders
- 60-304 Administrative transfer
- 60-305 Reporting of incidents
- 60-306 Physical attacks on state employees
- 60-307 Use of audio-visual equipment
- 60-308 Use of chemical agents and other nonlethal weapons
- 60-309 Use of restraints
- 60-310 Prison Rape Elimination Act
- 60-311 Emergency preparedness
- 60-312 Inmates housed in county jails and city jails (Acts 1983, No 309)
- 60-313 Internal affairs and investigations
- 60-314 County jail reimbursement of medical expenses
Subpart 4. Employees
Code of Arkansas Rules, Title 12, Part 70: Division of Correction RulesRules · 33 sections
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Subpart 1. Generally
- 70-101 Inmate correspondence
- 70-102 Inmate name changes for religious purposes
- 70-103 Inmate property control
- 70-104 Protective custody
- 70-105 Publications
- 70-106 Punitive segregation
- 70-107 Temporary release/meritorious and emergency furloughs
- 70-108 Visitation
- 70-109 Boot camp program
- 70-110 Educational services
- 70-111 Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act
- 70-112 Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act — County Jail Backlog
- 70-113 Volunteer services
Subpart 2. Work Programs
- 70-201 Arkansas Correctional Industries
- 70-202 Industry program procedures, sales, or acquisitions between public procurement units
- 70-203 Private industry employment of inmates within correctional facilities
- 70-204 Work/study-release program
- 70-205 Farming and livestock activities
- 70-206 Inmate labor by contractual agreement and volunteer services
- 70-207 Medical copay
- 70-208 Continuity of care
- 70-209 Procedure for handling disciplinary infractions of mentally disordered inmates
- 70-210 Investigation and transportation of deceased inmates
- 70-211 Research and experimentation
Subpart 3. Employees
- 70-301 Security
- 70-302 Disciplinary rules
- 70-303 Division of Correction jail facilities
- 70-304 Use of force
- 70-305 Corporal punishment
- 70-306 Searches for and control of contraband
- 70-307 Use of canine teams in aggression and protection roles
- 70-308 Authority of unit wardens, center supervisors, administrators, or designees
- 70-309 Third-party agreements to house Division of Correction inmates
Code of Arkansas Rules, Title 16, Part 30: Division of Community Correction RulesRules · 16 sections
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Subpart 1. Generally
- 30-101 Community correction center criteria and standards
- 30-102 Community service program
- 30-103 Furlough program
- 30-104 Reentry facility program
- 30-105 Transitional housing program
- 30-106 Volunteer program
- 30-107 Research and program evaluation
Subpart 2. Residential Centers
- 30-201 Safety, security, and sanitation at residential centers
- 30-202 Resident correspondence
- 30-203 Resident publications
- 30-204 Resident visitation
Subpart 3. Internal Procedures
Not listed: Ark. Code Ann. Title 12, ch. 26 (criminal detention facility standards), chs. 27 to 29 (Department, Board and Division of Correction) and Title 16, ch. 93 (parole and community correction). The official Arkansas Code is published online only through LexisNexis's JavaScript-only public-access site, and no other official copy of those chapters' tables of contents was found.
USCLI's source monitor re-reads the 19 official sources cited on this page around the clock; 3 answered unchanged at their latest check. The oldest of those checks was on October 21, 2026.
Last updated October 21, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & InvestigationCite as: United States Council for Law & Investigation, “Arkansas corrections law: Corrections Ledger,” uscli.org/corrections-tracker/arkansas (last updated October 21, 2026). Text licensed CC BY 4.0.