For the purposes of §§ 16-93-602 — 16-93-604, inmates are to be classified as follows:
(1) A first offender is an inmate convicted of one (1) or more felonies but who has not been incarcerated in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime which was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified;
(2) A second offender is a inmate convicted of two (2) or more felonies who has been incarcerated one (1) time in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime which was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified;
(3) A third offender is an inmate convicted of three (3) or more felonies who has been incarcerated two (2) times in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime which was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified; and
(4) A fourth offender is an inmate convicted of four (4) or more felonies who has been incarcerated three (3) or more times in some correctional institution in the United States, whether local, state, or federal, for a crime which was a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the offender was incarcerated, prior to being sentenced to a correctional institution in this state for the offense or offenses for which he or she is being classified.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally
Chapter 93 - Probation and Parole
Subchapter 6 - Parole — Eligibility
§ 16-93-601. Felonies committed prior to April 1, 1977
§ 16-93-603. Felonies committed between April 1, 1977, and April 1, 1983 — Classification of inmates
§ 16-93-604. Felonies committed between April 1, 1977, and April 1, 1983 — Parole eligibility
§ 16-93-609. Effect of more than one conviction for certain felonies — Definition
§ 16-93-610. Computation of sentence
§ 16-93-612. Parole eligibility — Date of offense
§ 16-93-613. Parole eligibility — Class Y, Class A, or Class B felonies
§ 16-93-614. Parole eligibility — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994 — Definition
§ 16-93-615. Parole eligibility procedures — Offenses committed after January 1, 1994
§ 16-93-619. Rulemaking authority
§ 16-93-620. Parole eligibility procedures — Certain offenses committed on or after April 1, 2015
§ 16-93-622. Parole discharge for offenders who are minors — Reinstatement of rights