Ark. Code § 12-32-101

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.

Section 12-32-101 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Correctional or detention facility" means:

(A) A local or state correctional facility or detention facility that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of the state, including a city jail, county jail, or facility operated by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction; or

(B) A post-incarceration residential reentry facility designed to house a person on parole;

(2) "Detainee" includes a person detained under the immigration laws of the United States;

(3) "Inmate" means any person incarcerated in a correctional or detention facility for any reason;

(4) "Labor" means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix;

(5) "Post-partum" means the eight-week period following delivery of a child, unless a longer period is determined to be necessary by the healthcare professional responsible for the health and safety of the inmate or detainee; and

(6)

(A) "Restraints" means a physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of an inmate's or detainee's body or limbs, including without limitation:

(i) Flex cuffs;

(ii) Soft restraints;

(iii) Hard metal handcuffs;

(iv) A black box;

(v) Chubb cuffs;

(vi) Leg irons;

(vii) Belly chains;

(viii) A security tether or chain;

(ix) A convex shield; and

(x) Restraints connecting more than one (1) inmate or detainee.

(B) "Restraints" does not include a door to a room.

Ark. Code § 12-32-101

Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 114, eff. 1/1/2024.

Added by Act 2019, No. 566,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.