§ 16-93-1203 - Board of Corrections -- Powers and duties. - Arkansas Statutes

16-93-1203. Board of Corrections -- Powers and duties.

The Board of Corrections shall have the following duties and responsibilities with regard to community correction programming:

(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 Department 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 and regulations 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 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, regulations, 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.