Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 004 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Rule 004.00.20-010 - AR 210 Relationships and Transactions with Inmates
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 004.00.20-010
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
I. POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT:
Department of Correction employees shall maintain a courteous and professional demeanor in their association with inmates, parolees and probationers at all times, and shall adhere strictly tot he Department's rules concerning the relationship to be observed by personnel toward inmates, parolees and probationers, their families, friends, and ex-inmates.
II. EXPLANATION:
1. Association with inmates, parolees and
probationers, their families and friends -
a.
Personnel shall not trade or barter, transmit messages, or become unduly
familiar in any manner with inmates, parolees, and probationers.
b. Personnel shall in no way contact or
correspond with any member of an inmate's, parolee's, or probationer's family
or with any person on an inmate's approved visiting or correspondence list,
unless their assigned duties require it, or permission has been granted by
his/her director or administrator.
2. Association with ex-inmates, parolees, or
probationers -
a. Unless their assigned duties
require it or permission has been granted by his/her appointing authority,
personnel shall not, in any way, deliberately contact or correspond with
ex-inmates, parolees, probationers or with any member of their family.
(1) Copies of any correspondence to
ex-inmates, parolees, probationers or their families shall be sent to the
employee's supervisor.
(2) If an
employee is contacted under any circumstances by an ex-inmate, parolee,
probationer or a member of his/her family, the employee shall immediately
report this fact to the director and/or administrator in charge.
b. Association between personnel
and ex-inmates, parolees, or probationers in normal community activities
involving groups such as churches, PTA, etc., is authorized. Business
relationships, partnerships, loaning of money, close personal associations,
dating or marriage, and legal or financial transactions of any sort are
prohibited.
Board Approval Date: 5-31-80
Effective Date:6-5-80
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