Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-93-1203. Board of Corrections--Powers and duties

(1) Establish community correction programs to which eligible offenders may be assigned as a condition of probation, sentenced to by the trial court pursuant to this subchapter, paroled to upon release from incarceration, or transferred to after incarceration in the Division of Correction;

(2) Notify the trial courts of the state having criminal jurisdiction of the availability of certified and approved community correction programs;

(3) Establish standards for the monitoring, auditing, and certification of community correction programs;

(4) Establish rules relating to the operation of community correction programs and the supervision of eligible offenders participating therein;

(5) Promote cooperation among the courts and various law enforcement and correctional agencies of this state in the implementation of community correction programs;

(6) Direct the departments, divisions, and other entities involved in the implementation of community correction options in a manner that will promote the safety and welfare of the people of this state;

(7) Establish rules and procedures which shall be required or deemed appropriate for the implementation and ongoing operation of community correction; and

(8) Establish minimum standards of eligibility and certification processes for all community correction programs eligible to receive offenders under this subchapter.