The Director of the Department of Correction shall have the authority of a county sheriff over the power of the county in which a Department of Correction's prison or inmate camp is situated in all cases of alarm or danger at the prison or inmate camp, in the absence of the county sheriff or the county sheriff's inability to act.
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