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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-107 (2026)

Inmate welfare funds

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Amounts held as inmate welfare funds or received as inmate welfare funds through contributions, profit from sale of products to inmates, or otherwise, shall be held as a special fund to be administered and used by the Director of the Division of Correction for the general benefit of the inmates under rules to be established by the Board of Corrections.

History. Acts 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 50, § 39; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-122; Acts 2019, No. 315, § 893.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment deleted “and regulations” following “rules”.

Case Notes

Cited: Diagnostic Unit Inmate Council v. Motion Picture Ass'n, 953 F.2d 376 (8th Cir. 1992).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1996–2023 · leading case: Diagnostic Unit Inmate Council v. Films Inc., 88 F.3d 651 (8th Cir. 1996).
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Diagnostic Unit Inmate Council v. Films Inc., 88 F.3d 651 (8th Cir. 1996). “However, while that Fund must be spent "for the general benefit of the inmates," Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-107 , ADC has total authority over all Fund expenditures and, more importantly, ADC has complete control over the renting and -3- showing of videotaped movies at its prisons.”
Hufford v. Rutledge (E.D. Ark. 2023). · cites it 3× “§ 12-29-107. Act 1110 diverts excess stimulus funds in equal parts to an inmate welfare fund under Section 12-29-107 and the Division of Correction Inmate Care and Custody Fund Account.”
Hayes v. Griffin (E.D. Ark. 2021). · cites it 2× “16) at 8 (quoting Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-107 ). 118 Id. money he must give up.”
Hayes v. Griffin (E.D. Ark. 2022). · cites it 2× “17 Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-107 . 18 Ark. Code Ann.”
Holloway v. Arkansas Gen. Assembly (E.D. Ark. 2022). · cites it 2× “17 Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-107 . 18 Ark. Code Ann.”
Lamar v. Sanders (E.D. Ark. 2022). · cites it 2× “17 Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-107 . 18 Ark. Code Ann.”
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