Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-112 (2026)

1. At least one hundred twenty (120) days before an inmate's anticipated release date, the Division of Correction, in collaboration with the inmate and the Division of Community Correction and the Parole Board, shall complete a prerelease assessment and reentry plan, which may include a travel subsidy and transportation to the closest commercial transportation pick-up point.
2. A copy of the reentry plan under this section shall be provided to the inmate and the assigned parole officer, if applicable.
3. An inmate released upon completion of his or her terms of incarceration shall be provided:
   1. Written and certified proof that he or she completed and satisfied all the terms of his or her incarceration; and
   2. Information on how to reinstate his or her voting rights upon discharge of his or her sentence.

History. Acts 1968 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 50, § 15; 1969, No. 377, § 7; 1981, No. 58, § 3; 1981, No. 107, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 46-121, 46-914; Acts 2007, No. 271, § 1; 2009, No. 788, § 4; 2013, No. 440, § 1; 2015, No. 895, § 10; 2019, No. 910, § 790.

A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 2009, No. 788, § 1, provided:

“Whereas, Arkansas Code § 12-28-101(a)(2) authorizes the Department of Correction to provide education and other rehabilitation and treatment programs designed to prepare inmates committed to the department for productive and law-abiding lives upon release from the Department of Correction; and

“Whereas, Arkansas Code § 12-29-301 establishes the Department of Corrections School System to provide elementary, secondary, and vocational and technical education to qualified persons incarcerated in the Department of Correction and the Department of Community Correction and qualified persons supervised by the Department of Community Correction; and

“Whereas, Arkansas Code § 12-29-101(d)(2) provides that inmates in the institutions of the Department of Correction may participate in and benefit from the vocational, educational, and rehabilitation services of their respective institutions solely within the rules and regulations of the department as determined by the director, subject to appeal and review by the Board of Corrections or a designated review board in accordance with procedures that shall be established by the board; and

“Whereas, the Corrections School System along with the Department of Correction and the Department of Community Correction have entered into agreements to provide college courses to qualified persons under Administrative Regulation 500 which are taught onsite by accredited college and universities.”

Acts 2015, No. 895, § 1, provided: “Legislative intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly to implement wide-ranging reforms to the criminal justice system in order to address prison overcrowding, promote seamless reentry into society, reduce medical costs incurred by the state and local governments, aid law enforcement agencies in fighting crime and keeping the peace, and to enhance public safety.”

Amendments. The 2009 amendment added (d).

The 2013 amendment deleted former (c) and redesignated former (d) as (c).

The 2015 amendment rewrote (a) and (b).

The 2019 amendment substituted “Division of Correction” for “Department of Correction” and “Division of Community Correction” for “Department of Community Correction” in (a).