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16-93-701. Authority to grant and parameters.
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16-93-701. Authority to grant and parameters.
(a)(1) The Parole Board may release on parole any eligible inmate who is confined in any correctional institution administered by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction, when in the board's opinion there is a reasonable probability that the inmate can be released without detriment to the community or himself or herself and is able and willing to fulfill the obligations of a law-abiding citizen.
(2) All paroles shall issue upon order, duly adopted, of the board.
(b)(1) Before ordering the release of an eligible inmate, the inmate shall be interviewed by the board or a parole revocation judge or investigator employed by the board, unless a hearing is not required under § 16-93-615(a)(1)(D) and, for all parole decisions after January 1, 2012, the board shall consider the results of the risk-needs assessments of all parole applicants.
(2) The parole shall be ordered only for the best interest of society and shall not be considered as a reduction of sentence or pardon.
(3) An inmate while on parole shall remain in the legal custody of the agency from which he or she was released, but shall be subject to the orders of the board.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-93-701
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.16.odt
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16-93-701. Authority to grant and parameters.
(a)(1) The Parole Board may release on parole any eligible inmate who is confined in any correctional institution administered by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction, when in the board's opinion there is a reasonable probability that the inmate can be released without detriment to the community or himself or herself and is able and willing to fulfill the obligations of a law-abiding citizen.
(2) All paroles shall issue upon order, duly adopted, of the board.
(b)(1) Before ordering the release of an eligible inmate, the inmate shall be interviewed by the board or a parole revocation judge or investigator employed by the board, unless a hearing is not required under § 16-93-615(a)(1)(D) and, for all parole decisions after January 1, 2012, the board shall consider the results of the risk-needs assessments of all parole applicants.
(2) The parole shall be ordered only for the best interest of society and shall not be considered as a reduction of sentence or pardon.
(3) An inmate while on parole shall remain in the legal custody of the agency from which he or she was released, but shall be subject to the orders of the board.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-93-615. Parole eligibility procedures — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994.
(a)(1)(A) An inmate under sentence for any felony, except those listed in subsection (b) of this section, shall be transferred from the Department of Correction to the Department of Community Correction under this section and §§ 16-93-614, 16-93-616, and 16-93-617, subject to rules promulgated by the Board of Corrections or the Parole Board and conditions adopted by the Parole Board.
(B) The determination under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section shall be made by reviewing information such as the result of the risk-needs assessment to inform the decision of whether to release a person on parole by quantifying that person's risk to reoffend, and if parole is granted, this information shall be used to set conditions for supervision.
(C) The Parole Board shall begin transfer release proceedings or a preliminary review under this subchapter no later than six (6) months before a person's transfer eligibility date, and the Parole Board shall authorize jacket review procedures no later than six (6) months before a person's transfer eligibility at all institutions holding parole-eligible inmates to prepare parole applications.
(D) This review may be conducted without a hearing when the inmate has not received a major disciplinary report against him or her that resulted in the loss of good time, there has not been a request by a victim to have input on transfer conditions, and there is no indication in the risk-needs assessment review that special conditions need to be placed on the inmate.
(2)(A) When one (1) or more of the circumstances in subdivision (a)(1) of this section are present, the Parole Board shall conduct a hearing to determine the appropriateness of the inmate for tran
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-93-615
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-93-615. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.