Arkansas § 12-28-104 Transferring authority - Pardon recommendations

Arkansas Statutes

§ 12-28-104 — Transferring authority - Pardon recommendations

Arkansas § 12-28-104

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-28-104 (2026).

Text

(a)The Post-Prison Transfer Board shall be the transferring authority for parole and post-release supervision for the units of the Department of Corrections and shall make recommendations to the Governor in cases from the criminal courts that, in the board's opinion, the defendant in the case should be pardoned.

(b)The board shall consider the work skills, education, rehabilitation, and treatment programs recommended to the inmate upon intake and determine whether the inmate took advantage of those opportunities while incarcerated in the department in making decisions regarding parole or transfer to post-release supervision.

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(a) The Post-Prison Transfer Board shall be the transferring authority for parole and post-release supervision for the units of the Department of Corrections and shall make recommendations to the Governor in cases from the criminal courts that, in the board's opinion, the defendant in the case should be pardoned. (b) The board shall consider the work skills, education, rehabilitation, and treatment programs recommended to the inmate upon intake and determine whether the inmate took advantage of those opportunities while incarcerated in the department in making decisions regarding parole or transfer to post-release supervision.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 101, eff. 1/1/2024. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 776, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1969, No. 377, § 9; 1981, No. 107, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-916; Acts 2009, No. 788, § 3.