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§ 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 […]

§ 16-93-705. 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 […]

§ 16-93-708. Parole alternative — Home detention — Definitions

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Approved electronic monitoring or supervising device” means an electronic device approved by the Board of Corrections that meets the minimum Federal Communications Commission regulations and requirements and that utilizes available technology that is able to track a person’s location and monitor his or her location; (2) “Hospice” means […]

§ 16-93-709. Sex offender may not reside with minors

(a) Whenever an inmate in a facility of the Division of Correction who has been found guilty of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any sexual offense defined in § 5-14-101 et seq., or incest as defined by § 5-26-202, and the sexual offense or incest was perpetrated against a minor, becomes eligible […]

§ 16-93-711. Parole alternatives — Electronic monitoring of parolees — Definition

(a) As used in this section, “approved electronic monitoring or supervising device” means a device described in § 16-93-708(a). (b) (1) (A) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b)(2) of this section, an inmate serving a sentence in the Department of Correction may be released from incarceration if the: (i) Sentence was not the result […]

§ 16-93-712. Parole supervision

(a) (1) The Parole Board shall establish written policies and procedures governing the supervision of parolees designed to enhance public safety and to assist the parolees in reintegrating into society. (2) (A) The supervision of parolees shall be based on evidence-based practices, including a validated risk-needs assessment. (B) Decisions shall target the parolee’s criminal risk […]

§ 16-93-714. Denial of parole — Detriment to the community

The Parole Board may deny parole to any otherwise eligible person, regardless of the sentence that he or she is serving, if five (5) members of the board determine that the person upon release would be a detriment to the community into which the person would be released.