12-32-101. Definitions.

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12-32-101. Definitions.

12-32-101. Definitions. 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, as determined by the physician of the inmate or detainee, the thirty-day period following delivery of a child; 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.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-32-101

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