§ 16-93-619. Rulemaking authority
The Parole Board may adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce this subchapter.
§ 16-93-620. Parole eligibility procedures — Certain offenses committed on or after April 1, 2015
(a) An inmate sentenced for one (1) of the following felonies on or after April 1, 2015, is eligible for discretionary transfer to the Department of Community Correction by the Parole Board after having served one-third (1/3) or one-half (½) of his or her sentence, with credit for meritorious good time, depending on the seriousness […]
§ 16-93-621. Parole eligibility — A person who was a minor at the time of committing an offense that was committed before, on, or after March 20, 2017
(a) (1) A minor who was convicted and sentenced to the Department of Correction or Division of Correction for an offense committed before he or she was eighteen (18) years of age and in which the death of another person did not occur is eligible for release on parole no later than after twenty (20) […]
§ 16-93-622. Parole discharge for offenders who are minors — Reinstatement of rights
(a) The Parole Board may discharge a person from parole if: (1) The person: (A) Was released on parole under § 16-93-621 for having committed an offense as a minor; and (B) Has served at least five (5) years on parole without a violation; and (2) The prosecuting attorney in the county where the person […]
§ 16-93-701. Authority to grant and parameters
(a) (1) The Parole Board may release on parole any eligible inmate who is confined in any correctional institution administered by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction, when in the board’s opinion there is a reasonable probability that the inmate can be released without detriment to the community or himself or […]
§ 16-93-702. Procedures — Required recommendations
(a) Before the Parole Board shall grant any parole, the board shall solicit the written or oral recommendations of the committing court, the prosecuting attorney, and the county sheriff of the county from which the inmate was committed. (b) If the person whose parole is being considered by the board was convicted of capital murder, […]
§ 16-93-703. Procedures — Place of hearings
(a) The Parole Board shall not schedule parole hearings at which victims or relatives of victims of crime are invited to appear at a facility wherein inmates are housed other than the Central Administration Building of the Division of Correction at Pine Bluff. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the board […]
§ 16-93-704. Procedures — Notice to law enforcement personnel and committing court
(a) At the time that any person is paroled by the Parole Board, the board shall give written notice of the granting of the parole to the county sheriff, the committing court, and the chief of police of all cities of the first class of the county from which the person was sentenced. (b) If […]
§ 16-93-705. Revocation — Procedures and hearings generally
(a) (1) (A) (i) At any time during a parolee’s release on parole, the Parole Board may issue a warrant for the arrest of the parolee for violation of any conditions of parole or may issue a notice to appear to answer a charge of a violation. (ii) The Division of Community Correction shall provide […]
§ 16-93-706. Revocation — Subpoena of witnesses and documents
(a) (1) The Chair of the Parole Board or his or her designee, the hearing officer presiding over any preliminary hearing with respect to an alleged parole violation, the administrator of the board, or any member of the board pursuant to the authority of the board to meet and determine whether to revoke parole shall […]