(a)
(1) Whenever any inmate of the Department of Correction shall escape from its custody, it shall be the duty of the Director of the Department of Correction or his or her designee to immediately notify the appropriate law enforcement officers in the area where the escape took place.
(2) Notification of law enforcement officers in other areas of the state as well as surrounding states will be made as deemed necessary by the department.
(b) A violation of any provision of this section shall be a violation and shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs
Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-29-101. Custody classifications and treatment programs
§ 12-29-102. Inmates denied participation in furlough programs
§ 12-29-104. Contacts with persons outside the institution
§ 12-29-106. Mail to or from inmates
§ 12-29-107. Inmate welfare funds
§ 12-29-108. Cash in possession of inmate — Confiscation
§ 12-29-109. Board action upon violations of § 5-54-119
§ 12-29-110. Selling or trading position, working condition, or promotion — Penalty
§ 12-29-111. Transport of inmate required for legal proceeding
§ 12-29-112. Discharge or release
§ 12-29-113. Notice of escape to law enforcement officers — Penalty
§ 12-29-114. Notice of escape to victim or victim's next of kin
§ 12-29-115. Combination to escape — Authority of guards
§ 12-29-116. Authority of director in case of alarm or danger
§ 12-29-117. Educational, training, and rehabilitative programs
§ 12-29-118. Punitive isolation or solitary confinement of inmates who are minors — Definitions