(a) (1) The Division of Correction, with the approval of the Board of Corrections, shall provide appropriate incarceration facilities for women, youthful offenders, and other adult offenders committed to the division by the courts of this state. (2) The division shall also provide education and other rehabilitation and treatment programs designed to prepare inmates committed to the division for productive and law-abiding lives upon release from the division. (3) The division may contract with state or private entities such as accredited colleges or universities to provide additional educational opportunities for inmates under the direction and authority of the board and the Arkansas Correctional School District. (b) Any facility built or occupied by the division for use as a correctional facility shall be given a designated name of "unit" or "center" depending on its size, location, and purpose of usage. Amended by Act 2021, No. 493,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 775, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1977, No. 466, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-100.1; Acts 2001, No. 613, § 1; 2009, No. 788, § 2. (a) (1) The Division of Correction, with the approval of the Board of Corrections, shall provide appropriate incarceration facilities for women, youthful offenders, and other adult offenders committed to the division by the courts of this state. (2) The division shall also provide education and other rehabilitation and treatment programs designed to prepare inmates committed to the division for productive and law-abiding lives upon release from the division. (3) The division may contract with state or private entities such as accredited colleges or universities to provide additional educational opportunities for inmates under the direction and authority of the board and the Arkansas Correctional School District. (b) Any facility built or occupied by the division for use as a correctional facility shall be given a designated name of "unit" or "center" depending on its size, location, and purpose of usage. Amended by Act 2021, No. 493,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 775, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1977, No. 466, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-100.1; Acts 2001, No. 613, § 1; 2009, No. 788, § 2. (a) (1) The Division of Correction, with the approval of the Board of Corrections, shall provide appropriate incarceration facilities for women, youthful offenders, and other adult offenders committed to the division by the courts of this state. (2) The division shall also provide education and other rehabilitation and treatment programs designed to prepare inmates committed to the division for productive and law-abiding lives upon release from the division. (3) The division may contract with state or private entities such as accredited colleges or universities to provide additional educational opportunities for inmates under the direction and authority of the board and the Arkansas Correctional School District. (b) Any facility built or occupied by the division for use as a correctional facility shall be given a designated name of "unit" or "center" depending on its size, location, and purpose of usage. Amended by Act 2021, No. 493,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 775, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1977, No. 466, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-100.1; Acts 2001, No. 613, § 1; 2009, No. 788, § 2. (a) (1) The Division of Correction, with the approval of the Board of Corrections, shall provide appropriate incarceration facilities for women, youthful offenders, and other adult offenders committed to the division by the courts of this state. (2) The division shall also provide education and other rehabilitation and treatment programs designed to prepare inmates committed to the division for productive and law-abiding lives upon release from the division. (3) The division may contract with state or private entities such as accredited colleges or universities to provide additional educational opportunities for inmates under the direction and authority of the board and the Arkansas Correctional School District. (1) The Division of Correction, with the approval of the Board of Corrections, shall provide appropriate incarceration facilities for women, youthful offenders, and other adult offenders committed to the division by the courts of this state. (2) The division shall also provide education and other rehabilitation and treatment programs designed to prepare inmates committed to the division for productive and law-abiding lives upon release from the division. (3) The division may contract with state or private entities such as accredited colleges or universities to provide additional educational opportunities for inmates under the direction and authority of the board and the Arkansas Correctional School District. (b) Any facility built or occupied by the division for use as a correctional facility shall be given a designated name of "unit" or "center" depending on its size, location, and purpose of usage. Acts 1977, No. 466, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-100.1; Acts 2001, No. 613, § 1; 2009, No. 788, § 2.
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