Arkansas § 12-32-101 - Definitions.

§ 12-32-101. Definitions.

As used in this chapter: “Correctional or detention facility” means: A local or state correctional facility or detention facility that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of the state, including a city jail, county jail, or facility operated by the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction; or A post-incarceration residential reentry facility designed to house a person on parole; “Detainee” includes a person detained under the immigration laws of the United States; “Inmate” means any person incarcerated in a correctional or detention facility for any reason; “Labor” means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix; “Post-partum” means, as determined by the physician of the inmate or detainee, the thirty-day period following delivery of a child; and “Restraints” means a physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of an inmate's or detainee's body or limbs, including without limitation: Flex cuffs; Soft restraints; Hard metal handcuffs; A black box; Chubb cuffs; Leg irons; Belly chains; A security tether or chain; A convex shield; and Restraints connecting more than one (1) inmate or detainee. “Restraints” does not include a door to a room.