Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-803: Inspections by employees of Department of Corrections

(a) To the greatest extent practicable and consistent with safety and order of the correctional facility, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules that limit inspections by male correctional officers where a female inmate is in a state of undress. (b) This section does not limit the ability of a male correctional officer to conduct inspections of the area where a female may be in a state of undress if a female correctional officer is not available. (c) (1) If a male correctional officer conducts an inspection of an area where a female inmate is in a state of undress, the male correctional officer shall submit a written report within seventy-two (72) hours following the inspection containing a justification for the male correctional officer to inspect the area where the female inmate was located in a state of undress. (2) The report required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be maintained in the female inmate's record. Added by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 112, eff. 1/1/2024.

(a) To the greatest extent practicable and consistent with safety and order of the correctional facility, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules that limit inspections by male correctional officers where a female inmate is in a state of undress.

(b) This section does not limit the ability of a male correctional officer to conduct inspections of the area where a female may be in a state of undress if a female correctional officer is not available.

(c) (1) If a male correctional officer conducts an inspection of an area where a female inmate is in a state of undress, the male correctional officer shall submit a written report within seventy-two (72) hours following the inspection containing a justification for the male correctional officer to inspect the area where the female inmate was located in a state of undress. (2) The report required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be maintained in the female inmate's record.

(1) If a male correctional officer conducts an inspection of an area where a female inmate is in a state of undress, the male correctional officer shall submit a written report within seventy-two (72) hours following the inspection containing a justification for the male correctional officer to inspect the area where the female inmate was located in a state of undress.

(2) The report required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be maintained in the female inmate's record.