2014 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, And Military Affairs
Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities And Programs
Chapter 27 - Department of Correction -- Department of Community Correction
§ 12-27-116 - Use of fuel and provisions -- Issuance or sale of items produced.

(a) Except as authorized by the Board of Corrections, no officer of the Department of Correction or employee of the department shall give to anyone any fuel, forage, provisions, or manufactured articles under his or her charge, nor permit such things to be taken or used except for the use and benefit of the state.

(b) (1) The department may provide a program to provide for the orderly and equitable issuance or sale of surplus items produced or processed by the farming operations of the department to employees and, if the department provides the program, the department shall implement a monitoring system to guarantee fiscal accountability in the program.

(2) Only those individuals identified as emergency force personnel meeting the following requirements may participate in the issuance of items under this program:

(A) Individuals whose duties require long working hours beyond the normal workday of approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the normal workweek of five (5) days a week;

(B) Individuals required for long working hours, regularly worked weekends, and holidays; or

(C) Individuals on twenty-four-hour call, seven (7) days a week.

(3) As determined by availability after meeting the needs of the inmate population, reasonable quantities of items produced or processed by the farming operations of the department or purchased in bulk for processing shall be made available under this section.

(4) There shall be a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) per month minimum allowance for commissary items.

(5) (A) Fresh surplus vegetables will be available at the cost of production as determined by the Department of Correction's Farm Accounting Division and Central Office Accounting Division to all nonemergency force employees.

(B) Vegetables will be for the use of the employee and domicile correction's family only.

(C) Only one (1) member of the domicile family will be entitled to the issuance or purchase of vegetables.

(6) The department will implement, maintain, and guarantee accountability of all items so issued to assure fiscal responsibility and total honesty in the program.