Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, And Military Affairs > Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities And Programs > Chapter 29 - Inmates of State Facilities > Subchapter 1 - General Provisions > § 12-29-116 - Authority of director in case of alarm or danger.

§ 12-29-116 - Authority of director in case of alarm or danger.

12-29-116. Authority of director in case of alarm or danger.

The Director of the Department of Correction shall have the authority of a county sheriff over the power of the county in which a Department of Correction's prison or convict camp is situated in all cases of alarm or danger at the prison or camp, in the absence of the county sheriff or the county sheriff's inability to act.