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16-106-203. Sanctions.
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16-106-203. Sanctions.
If the court determines before or at trial that one (1) or more of the causes of action are frivolous or malicious, any one (1) or more of the following sanctions may be imposed:
(1) Award attorney's fees and actual costs incurred by the state, the Division of Correction, or the Division of Community Correction, another state agency, a political subdivision, the Attorney General's office, or the defendant, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per frivolous cause of action;
(2) Court costs not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per cause of action;
(3) Order the Division of Correction to revoke up to thirty (30) days' earned good-time credits accrued, under § 12-29-201 et seq.;
(4) Order the Division of Correction to revoke permission to have nonessential personal property of the inmate, including, but not limited to, televisions, radios, stereos, or tape recorders. If permission is revoked, the Division of Correction shall take appropriate precautions to protect the property during the period of the revocation; or
(5) Impose a civil sanction in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-106-203
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16-106-203. Sanctions.
If the court determines before or at trial that one (1) or more of the causes of action are frivolous or malicious, any one (1) or more of the following sanctions may be imposed:
(1) Award attorney's fees and actual costs incurred by the state, the Division of Correction, or the Division of Community Correction, another state agency, a political subdivision, the Attorney General's office, or the defendant, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per frivolous cause of action;
(2) Court costs not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per cause of action;
(3) Order the Division of Correction to revoke up to thirty (30) days' earned good-time credits accrued, under § 12-29-201 et seq.;
(4) Order the Division of Correction to revoke permission to have nonessential personal property of the inmate, including, but not limited to, televisions, radios, stereos, or tape recorders. If permission is revoked, the Division of Correction shall take appropriate precautions to protect the property during the period of the revocation; or
(5) Impose a civil sanction in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
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12-29-201. Meritorious good time.
(a) An inmate may be entitled to meritorious good time reducing his or her transfer eligibility date up to thirty (30) days for each month incarcerated after imposition of sentence in one (1) of the units, facilities, and centers maintained by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction.
(b) An inmate transferred or paroled to the supervision of the Division of Community Correction under § 16-93-615 may receive meritorious good time reducing his or her time of transfer or parole supervision up to thirty (30) days for each month he or she is under the supervision of the Division of Community Correction.
(c) Meritorious good time shall be allocated under rules promulgated by the Board of Corrections and administered by the respective Division of Correction or Division of Community Correction staff subject to the provisions of this subchapter for good discipline, behavior, work practices, job responsibilities, and involvement in rehabilitative activities while in the custody or under the supervision of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction.
(d) Meritorious good time will not be applied to reduce the length of a sentence.
(e)(1) Meritorious good time shall apply to an inmate's transfer eligibility date from the Division of Correction or a community correction facility.
(2) Meritorious good time shall under no circumstances reduce an inmate's time served in prison by more than one-half (½) of the percentage required by law for transfer eligibility.
(3) Meritorious good time shall under no circumstances reduce an inmate's confinement in a community correction facility by more than one-half (½).
(f)(1) The Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction shall de
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-29-201
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