§ 16-93-1208 - Post commitment transfer. - Arkansas Statutes

16-93-1208. Post commitment transfer.

(a) (1) (A) Upon commitment of an eligible offender to the Department of Correction, the Department of Correction will transfer the eligible offender to a community correction program, when he or she reaches his or her transfer date, in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Corrections and conditions set by the Parole Board.

(B) Legal custody of inmates transferred to the Department of Community Correction shall remain with the Department of Correction unless altered by court order.

(2) A person eligible for release from incarceration on parole may be placed in community correction programming while under parole supervision upon the recommendation of the condition by the releasing authority.

(b) (1) The Board of Corrections and the Department of Correction are authorized to release medical and psychological data in their possession to a community correction service provider concerning an eligible offender transferred to that community correction program.

(2) The community correction service provider shall use any medical or psychological data received from the Department of Correction and the Board of Corrections in compliance with rules concerning the use of that data as adopted by the Board of Corrections.