004.07.24 Ark. Code R. 003 - Earned Release Credit Committee
I.
AUTHORITY:
The authority to promulgate this administrative rule is vested in A.C.A. § 12-27-105.
II.
PURPOSE:
To establish the Earned Release Credits Committee in accordance with Arkansas Law.
III.
APPLICABILITY:
The Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC).
IV.
POLICY:
It shall be the policy of the Board of Corrections to establish an Earned Release Credits Committee.
V.
DEFINITIONS:
A. Earned Release Credits (ERC). Credits
accrued by an inmate which can be used to reduce the period of confinement, but
not the length of sentence, if awarded by the Post Prison Transfer
Board.
B. Earned Release Credits
Committee. A committee established by the Board of Corrections to develop
guidelines by which inmates may accrue Earned Release Credits as defined by
A.C.A. §
12-29-703.
VI.
PROCEDURES FOR ERC
COMMITTEE:
A. The
committee shall meet as directed by the Board of Corrections, but no less than
quarterly, to determine the rate at which credits may be accrued for work
practices, job responsibilities, good behavior, and involvement in
rehabilitative activities; or whenever a new program becomes active, to
determine the amount of ERC to be accrued for program completion.
B. The committee shall consist of seven (7)
members who shall select a chairperson at the first meeting and annually
thereafter.
1. One (1) representative shall be
selected by the Secretary, upon recommendation of Wardens and Supervisors of
various units, facilities or centers of the divisions of the Department of
Corrections, to represent the interests of the Post-Prison Transfer
Board.
2. One (1) representative
shall be selected by the Compliance Administrator, upon recommendation of
Wardens and Supervisors of various units, facilities or centers of the
divisions of the Department of Corrections, to represent the interests of the
Board of Corrections.
3. One (1)
representative shall be selected by the Secretary, upon recommendation of
Wardens and Supervisors of various units, facilities or centers of the
divisions of the Department of Corrections, to represent the legal section of
the Department of Corrections.
4.
One (1) representative shall be selected by the Secretary, upon recommendation
of Wardens and Supervisors of various units, facilities or centers of the
divisions of the Department of Corrections, to represent the quality
improvement section of the Department of Corrections.
5. One (1) representative shall be selected
by the Director of the Division of Community Correction, upon recommendation of
Wardens and Supervisors of various units, facilities or centers of the
divisions of the Department of Corrections, to represent the interests of the
Division of Community Correction.
6. Two (2) representatives shall be selected
by the Director of the Division of Correction, upon recommendation of Wardens
and Supervisors of various units, facilities or centers of the divisions of the
Department of Corrections, to represent the interests of the Division of
Correction.
VIII.
REFERENCES:
A.C.A. § 12-29-703.
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