Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-901 (2026)
Legislative intent
The intent of this act is to provide the judiciary with an additional alternative to the disposition of criminal offenders that would assist the offender in atoning for his or her criminal transgression and promote the enforcement of the state's criminal statutes while easing the inmate burden on the county jails and the Division of Correction.
History. Acts 2013, No. 1340, § 1; 2019, No. 910, § 665.
Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “Division of Correction” for “Department of Correction”.
Research References
Ark. L. Rev.
Mason L. Boling, Legislative Note: That Was the Easy Part: The Development of Arkansas's Public Safety Improvement Act of 2011, and Why the Biggest Obstacle to Prison Reform Remains Intact, 66 Ark. L. Rev. 1109 (2013).