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Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-93-620. Parole eligibility procedures--Certain offenses committed on or after April 1, 2015

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section effective Jan. 1, 2024. See, also, section 16-93-620 effective until Jan. 1, 2024.>

(a) An inmate sentenced for one (1) of the following felonies on or after April 1, 2015, is eligible for discretionary transfer to the Division of Community Correction by the Post-Prison Transfer Board after having served one-third (1/3) or one-half (1/2) of his or her sentence, with credit for meritorious good time, depending on the seriousness determination made by the Arkansas Sentencing Commission, or one-half (1/2) of the time to which his or her sentence is commuted:

(1) Battery in the second degree, § 5-13-202;

(2) Aggravated assault, § 5-13-204;

(3) Terroristic threatening, § 5-13-301;

(4) Domestic battering in the second degree, § 5-26-304; or

(5) Residential burglary, § 5-39-201.

(b) The transfer of an inmate convicted of an offense listed in this section is not automatic.

(c) All other provisions governing the procedures regarding the granting and administration of parole for persons convicted of an offense listed under subsection (a) of this section shall be governed by §§ 16-93-615 -- 16-93-617.

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