Arkansas

1. The Project Addressing Prison Rape was unable to locate state specific policy outside of PREA.  If you have access to this language, please contact endsilence@wcl.american.edu .
2. Policy: Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)- AR 413 – Prison Rape Elimination
3. Language:
   1. In Order to Reduce the Likelihood of Sexual Abuse While an Inmate is in ADC custody, the Department will take the following into Account when Assigning Housing and Job Assignments for Every Inmate Upon Intake, in Classification, or in any Special Circumstances.
   2. Victims shall be placed in the least restrictive housing assignment as possible following an alleged sexual assault or sexual abuse. Placement in segregation should not exceed three (3) business days unless necessary to protect the victim from further harm.
      1. If a victim must be placed in segregation, the Duty Warden must authorize this placement.
      2. Alternative housing in a less restrictive unit should be a priority and the inmate should be moved as soon as feasibly possible.

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky