(a) During their employment by the Department of Correction, all employees of the state penitentiary on March 1, 1968, shall be eligible for benefits under and shall participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.
(b) All employees of the department employed after March 1, 1968, shall be included in the membership of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System and shall participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System in accordance with the laws governing the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.
(c) It is the intent of this section to:
(1) Allow those employees of the state penitentiary who participated before in the Arkansas State Penitentiary Employees' Retirement System to participate in and receive benefits from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System; and
(2) Provide that all other employees of the department shall participate in and receive the benefits of the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System in the manner provided by law.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs
Chapter 27 - Division of Correction — Division of Community Correction
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-27-101. Purposes and construction of the Division of Correction
§ 12-27-102. Enforcement of penalties — Report of crimes
§ 12-27-103. Division of Correction — Creation — Powers and duties
§ 12-27-104. Board of Corrections — Members — Records — Staff
§ 12-27-105. Board's powers and duties
§ 12-27-107. Director of the Division of Correction
§ 12-27-108. Authentication of records
§ 12-27-109. Oaths of director and other authorized persons
§ 12-27-110. Administrative headquarters
§ 12-27-112. Sale of lands and facilities of the Department of Correction
§ 12-27-113. Commitments to the Division of Correction — Records
§ 12-27-114. Inmates in county jails — Reimbursement of county — Medical care
§ 12-27-115. Claims of counties for expenses — Verification
§ 12-27-116. Use of fuel and provisions — Issuance or sale of items produced
§ 12-27-117. Employees' uniforms
§ 12-27-118. Employees' children — Transportation to school
§ 12-27-120. Retirement of employees
§ 12-27-121. Transfer of inmates to foreign countries
§ 12-27-122. Debt service accounts
§ 12-27-123. Supervision and transfer of employees
§ 12-27-124. Purposes and construction of the Division of Community Correction
§ 12-27-125. Division of Community Correction — Creation — Powers and duties
§ 12-27-126. Director of the Division of Community Correction
§ 12-27-128. Division of Correction Nontax Revenue Receipts Fund
§ 12-27-129. Report on rehabilitation
§ 12-27-130. Reimbursement of county
§ 12-27-131. Receipts for reimbursement
§ 12-27-132. Award of pistol upon retirement or death
§ 12-27-133. Community Correction Revolving Fund
§ 12-27-134. Probation services
§ 12-27-135. Facility assignment
§ 12-27-136. Services and equipment
§ 12-27-137. Confidentiality of emergency preparedness documents
§ 12-27-139. Notice to police when furloughed inmate will be in jurisdiction
§ 12-27-140. Division of Community Correction annual report
§ 12-27-142. Medical services contract
§ 12-27-143. Award of service weapon upon retirement or death
§ 12-27-144. Division of Community Correction — Receipt of grant money for certain purposes
§ 12-27-145. Records to be posted on a public website — Definition
§ 12-27-146. Tracking an inmate or person being supervised who is serving a suspended sentence
§ 12-27-147. Rulemaking and administrative directive reporting requirement
§ 12-27-149. Division of Community Correction — Sufficient staffing guidelines