§ 12-27-102 - Enforcement of penalties -- Report of crimes. - Arkansas Statutes

12-27-102. Enforcement of penalties -- Report of crimes.

(a) All laws of this state prescribing penalties for violations concerned with or affecting the state penitentiary or inmates thereof shall be equally applicable to the Department of Correction and shall be enforced accordingly.

(b) In the event any crime shall be committed in any institution of the department, it shall be the duty of the Director of the Department of Correction, or his or her designated employee, to report the crime to the county sheriff and prosecuting attorney of the county in which the institution is located in which the crime, or alleged crime, took place.