(a) The Parole Board may request the appropriate board or commission having jurisdiction over parole or transfer matters in other states or the United States Parole Commission to make recommendations concerning whether Arkansas inmates confined in prison systems of the other states or in federal prisons should be granted parole or transfer when eligible under Arkansas law.
(b) The Parole Board may take action at its option on the application of an inmate for parole, using as its criteria the recommendations received from the appropriate board or commission of the other states or the United States Parole Commission in lieu of the personal appearance before the Parole Board of the inmate seeking parole or transfer.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally
Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole
§ 16-93-201. Creation — Members — Qualifications and training — Definition
§ 16-93-202. Seal — Records and reports
§ 16-93-203. Cooperation from prison officials
§ 16-93-204. Executive clemency
§ 16-93-205. Parole of Arkansas inmates in out-of-state prisons
§ 16-93-206. Parole revocation review — Jurisdiction
§ 16-93-208. Services and equipment
§ 16-93-211. Early release to transitional housing facilities — Definition