2019 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs
Chapter 26 - Criminal Detention Facilities Standards
§ 12-26-103. Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator - Creation - Duties
(a) There is established the Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator within the Department of Corrections which shall consist of:
(1) A criminal detention facilities review coordinator, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and
(2) An administrative assistant.
(b) The office shall be responsible for promulgating minimum standards for the construction, maintenance, and operation of local, county, regional, or state criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
(c) The coordinator shall perform all duties necessary to assure uniformity in the interpretation and administration of the minimum standards by the several criminal facility detention review committees.
