16 CAR § 30-102. Community service program

        16 CAR § 30-102. Community service program.

        (a) Policy. It is the policy of the Division of Community Correction to operate community service programs that administer sanctions appropriate to the seriousness of offenses/violations, hold offenders accountable for violations of release conditions, increase offenders' employment skills through community service work, and provide for community involvement in the corrections process, thus increasing the community resource availability to assist in interrupting the crime cycle.

        (b) Applicability. Offenders under the jurisdiction of the division, and employees.

        (c) Definition.

                (1) As used in this section, “community service program” means a program where offenders perform a specified number of hours of work or service as a basic, special, or enhanced condition of supervision.

                (2) Programs include worksite agreements with:

                        (A) Nonprofit agencies or organizations; and

                        (B) Governmental entities.

                (3) Offenders are placed at worksite assignments where there is no foreseeable danger to:

                        (A) The offender;

                        (B) Worksite staff or clients; or

                        (C) Members of the public.

        (d) Access to the program. Gained by:

                (1) Court order; or

                (2) Order of the Post-Prison Transfer Board.

        (e) Community service work hours. Each hour of community service work performed shall be equivalent to minimum wage per hour.

        (f) Procedures. Operational procedures shall be established in an administrative directive.



	
		
		
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		<p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">        </span><span class="csEB3271CB">16 CAR &sect; 30-102.</span><span class="cs18C49E50"> </span><span class="csEB3271CB">Community service program.</span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">        (a) </span><span class="csEB3271CB">Policy. </span><span class="cs18C49E50">It is the policy of the Division of Community Correction to operate community service programs that administer sanctions appropriate to the seriousness of offenses/violations, hold offenders accountable for violations of release conditions, increase offenders&#39; employment skills through community service work, and provide for community involvement in the corrections process, thus increasing the community resource availability to assist in interrupting the crime cycle.</span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">        (b) </span><span class="csEB3271CB">Applicability.</span><span class="cs18C49E50"> Offenders under the jurisdiction of the division, and employees.</span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">        (c) </span><span class="csEB3271CB">Definition.</span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="csEB3271CB">                </span><span class="cs18C49E50">(1) As used in this section, &ldquo;community service program&rdquo; means a program where offenders perform a specified number of hours of work or service as a basic, special, or enhanced condition of supervision.</span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                (2) Programs include worksite agreements with: </span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                        (A) Nonprofit agencies or organizations; and </span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                        (B) Governmental entities. </span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                (3) Offenders are placed at worksite assignments where there is no foreseeable danger to: </span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                        (A) The offender; </span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                        (B) Worksite staff or clients; or </span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                        (C) Members of the public.</span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">        (d) </span><span class="csEB3271CB">Access to the program.</span><span class="cs18C49E50"> Gained by: </span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                (1) Court order; or </span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">                (2) Order of the Post-Prison Transfer Board.</span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">        (e) </span><span class="csEB3271CB">Community service work hours.</span><span class="cs18C49E50"> Each hour of community service work performed shall be equivalent to minimum wage per hour.</span></p><p class="cs79B133C8"><span class="cs18C49E50">        (f) </span><span class="csEB3271CB">Procedures.</span><span class="cs18C49E50"> Operational procedures shall be established in an administrative directive.</span></p>
This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows:

"Section Number: AR 8.8
Page Number: 1
Board Approval Date: 5/30/02
Supersedes: AR 8.8 Dated: 1/8/95
Reference: Effective Date: 9/15/02"

"I. AUTHORITY. The Board of Corrections is vested with the authority to promulgate this administrative rule by Ark. Code Ann. Sections 12-27-105, 16-93-1203, and 16-93-1205."
Arkansas Code § 16-93-1203