Arkansas § 9-27-510 Division of Correction - Placement

Arkansas Statutes

§ 9-27-510 — Division of Correction - Placement

Arkansas § 9-27-510

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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-510 (2026).

Text

(a)(1) A juvenile who has received an adult sentence to the Division of Correction shall not be transported to the Division of Correction until the juvenile is sixteen (16) years of age.

(2)If a juvenile receives a sentence to the Division of Correction before the juvenile's sixteenth birthday, the juvenile shall be housed by the Division of Youth Services until that date, except as provided by a court order or parole or post-release supervision decision made by the Post-Prison Transfer Board.

(b)A juvenile sentenced in the criminal division of circuit court who is less than sixteen (16) years of age when sentenced shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Youth Services until his or her sixteenth birthday, at which time he or she shall be transferred to the Division of Corre

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(a) (1) A juvenile who has received an adult sentence to the Division of Correction shall not be transported to the Division of Correction until the juvenile is sixteen (16) years of age. (2) If a juvenile receives a sentence to the Division of Correction before the juvenile's sixteenth birthday, the juvenile shall be housed by the Division of Youth Services until that date, except as provided by a court order or parole or post-release supervision decision made by the Post-Prison Transfer Board. (b) A juvenile sentenced in the criminal division of circuit court who is less than sixteen (16) years of age when sentenced shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Youth Services until his or her sixteenth birthday, at which time he or she shall be transferred to the Division of Correction. (c) (1) (A) Juveniles sentenced to the Division of Correction pursuant to extended juvenile jurisdiction are subject to parole and post-release supervision as is any other inmate within the Division of Correction. (B) Juveniles adjudicated for capital murder, § 5-10-101 , or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102 , are subject to parole or post-release supervision. (2) Juveniles will be given credit for time served in a juvenile detention or juvenile facility against any adult sentence.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 53, eff. 1/1/2024. Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 52, eff. 1/1/2024. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 691, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1999, No. 1192, § 10; 2001, No. 1582, § 6