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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-27-124 (2020)

Purposes and construction of the Division of Community Correction

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    1. The purpose of this act is to establish a Division of Community Correction that shall assume the management of all community correction facilities and services, execute the orders of the criminal courts of the State of Arkansas, and provide for the supervision, treatment, rehabilitation, and restoration of adult offenders as useful law-abiding citizens within the community.
    2. The division shall be under the supervision and control of the Board of Corrections.
    3. To accomplish the objectives and purposes of this act in an effective, coordinated, and uniform manner, the division shall be responsible for the administration of all community correction facilities, services, and means of supervision, including probation and parole or any type of post-prison release or transfer.
    4. Facilities and services shall be diversified in program, construction, and staff to provide effectually and efficiently for the maximum care, supervision, and treatment of those persons accessing the division.
  2. This act shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes.

History. Acts 1993, No. 549, § 7; 2019, No. 910, § 742.

Publisher's Notes. Acts 1993, No. 549, § 7, provided, in part, that the Board of Correction and Community Punishment shall succeed to all powers, functions, and duties formerly vested in the State Penitentiary Board and the Arkansas Adult Probation Commission. The Department of Community Punishment shall be created effective July 1, 1993, the same date that the Board of Correction and Community Punishment assumes its new duties and responsibilities.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “Division of Community Correction” for “Department of Community Correction” in the section heading and (a)(1); and substituted “division” for “department” in (a)(2) through (a)(4).

Meaning of “this act”. Acts 1993, No. 549, codified as §§ 12-27-101, 12-27-103 — 12-27-105, 12-27-107, 12-27-113, 12-27-124 — 12-27-127, 16-93-402 [repealed].

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