Arkansas Code
Subchapter 9 - Sentencing Alternative — Pre-adjudication Probation
§ 5-4-901. Legislative intent

The intent of this act is to provide the judiciary with an additional alternative to the disposition of criminal offenders that would assist the offender in atoning for his or her criminal transgression and promote the enforcement of the state's criminal statutes while easing the inmate burden on the county jails and the Division of Correction.