§ 27-66-601 - State convicts working on roads.
27-66-601. State convicts working on roads.
(a) The State Highway Commission shall employ and work as many of the state convicts on the public roads as may not be otherwise employed by the Department of Correction.
(b) State convicts working on roads shall be under the care and custody of wardens or other officers named by the Department of Correction, with the approval of the Governor.
(c) The State Highway Commission shall determine the work to be done by such convicts, the time, place, and manner of the work, and the number of convicts to work. The work shall be under the direct supervision of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. The department shall determine the number of convicts needed and shall prescribe the rules and regulations under which they shall work.
(d) The pay of the wardens or other officers and the cost of maintenance, including clothing, food, and housing for the state convicts while working on roads shall be paid out of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
(e) The Department of Correction is to receive no profits for working the convicts on state roads.
(f) The pay of the wardens or other officers and the cost of clothing state convicts while on the public roads shall be borne by the state.
(g) The cost of feeding and housing such convicts shall be borne by the county or improvement district where they may be worked.