(a) Time served is deemed to begin on the day sentence is imposed, not on the day a prisoner is received by the Department of Corrections. It shall continue only during the time in which a prisoner is actually confined in a county jail or other local place of lawful confinement or while under the custody and supervision of the department.
(b) When the sentencing judge imposes sentence, he or she is to direct that the time already served by the defendant in jail or other place of detention is to be credited against the defendant.
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