Arkansas Code Title 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs § 12-26-107. Inspection of facility--Report

(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator shall visit and inspect each criminal detention facility and each juvenile detention facility, if any, in each criminal detention facility review committee district at least annually for the purpose of determining the conditions of confinement, the treatment of prisoners, and whether the criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities comply with the minimum standards established pursuant to this chapter.

(2) The method of inspection may only be altered in the event of an emergency declared under the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973, § 12-75-101 et seq., with approval of the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety.

(3) The coordinator shall report in writing his or her findings that result from the visits to each criminal detention facility and each juvenile detention facility to the criminal detention facility review committee for the district.

(b)(1) A written report of each inspection shall be issued by the criminal detention facility review committee within thirty (30) days following the inspection under subsection (a) of this section to the administrative judge for a judicial district within the geographic area of the criminal detention facility review committee district in which the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility is located and to the county judge or the governing body of the political subdivision whose criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility is the subject of the written report.

(2) The written report shall specify the ways in which the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility does and does not comply with the required minimum standards.