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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-103 (2026)

Discipline

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  1. The Director of the Division of Correction or the Director of the Division of Community Correction shall prescribe, with the approval of the Board of Corrections, rules for the maintenance of good order and discipline in the facilities and institutions of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction, respectively, including proceedings for dealing with violations.
    1. These rules shall require that inmates found guilty of damaging or destroying state property shall be ordered to pay restitution.
    2. This restitution shall be collected by levying against the inmate's institutional account. The levy against the inmate's institutional account shall continue until the estimated damage to state property has been fully paid or until the inmate is released from incarceration, whichever occurs first.
    1. In case of riot or other violent conduct or behavior on the part of any inmate or group of inmates, the Director of the Division of Correction may take such steps as are necessary, including the use of force and arms as necessary, to restore discipline and order.
    2. The Director of the Division of Correction may seek the assistance of the Division of Arkansas State Police, the National Guard, and local and federal law enforcement agencies in preserving order whenever the circumstances justify.
  4. The Director of the Division of Correction shall provide for a record of charges of infractions by inmates, including any punishment imposed, and shall also keep a record of all medical inspections made.

History. Acts 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 50, § 10; 1983, No. 790, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-118; Acts 2009, No. 366, § 1; 2019, No. 315, § 892.

Amendments. The 2009 amendment, in (a), inserted “or the Director of the Department of Community Correction” and substituted “Correction or the Department of Community Correction, respectively” for “Corrections.”

The 2019 amendment deleted “and regulations” following “rules” in (a).

Case Notes

Corporal Punishment.

Disciplining of inmates may not include corporal punishment. Jackson v. Bishop, 404 F.2d 571 (8th Cir. 1968) (decision under prior law).

Trustees.

Trustees may not be authorized to inflict summary punishment upon fellow prisoners under their charge. Jackson v. Bishop, 404 F.2d 571 (8th Cir. 1968) (decision under prior law).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Lenard v. Kelley, 2017 Ark. 186 (Ark. 2017).
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Lenard v. Kelley, 2017 Ark. 186 (Ark. 2017). · cites it 2× “Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-103 (Supp. 2009). Moreover, the Board retains the power to determine which persons shall be placed on parole and the conditions upon which the ADC may transfer the inmate to the Department of Community Correction.”
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