§ 12-32-101 — Definitions

Arkansas § 12-32-101

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 12

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As used in this chapter: (1) "Correctional or detention facility" means: (A) A local or state correctional facility or detention facility that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of the state, including a city jail, county jail, or facility operated by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction; or (B) A post-incarceration residential reentry facility designed to house a person on parole; (2) "Detainee" includes a person detained under the immigration laws of the United States; (3) "Inmate" means any person incarcerated in a correctional or detention facility for any reason; (4) "Labor" means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix; (5) "Post-partum" means the eight-week period following delivery of a child, unless a longer period is determined to be necessary by the healthcare professional responsible for the health and safety of the inmate or detainee; and (6) (A) "Restraints" means a physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of an inmate's or detainee's body or limbs, including without limitation: (i) Flex cuffs; (ii) Soft restraints; (iii) Hard metal handcuffs; (iv) A black box; (v) Chubb cuffs; (vi) Leg irons; (vii) Belly chains; (viii) A security tether or chain; (ix) A convex shield; and (x) Restraints connecting more than one (1) inmate or detainee. (B) "Restraints" does not include a door to a room.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 114, eff. 1/1/2024. Added by Act 2019, No. 566,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.