Early discharge of supervision
Effective Jan 25, 2026Ark. R. 2026-7 (eff. January 25, 2026)Arkansas Code § 16-93-1812; Arkansas Code § 16-93-1911
(a) An offender shall be eligible for consideration of early discharge if:
- (1) The felony sentence was entered on or after July 27, 2011, pursuant to Arkansas Code § 16-90-1301;
- (2) The offense is eligible under Arkansas Code § 16-90-1302; and
- (3) The offender has accrued sufficient days, through a combination of served and earned time equal to the total number of days of the sentence imposed by the sentencing court as described in Arkansas Code § 16-90-1303, and determined by the Division of Community Correction.
(b) No fewer than forty-five (45) days before the calculated discharge date, the division shall submit notice to:
- (1) The prosecuting attorney; and
- (2) The Post-Prison Transfer Board.
(c) Within thirty (30) days of receipt of the discharge notice, the prosecuting attorney or the board may submit an objection in writing to the division stating reasons for any objection that warrants the forfeiture of early discharge credits:
- (1) If an objection is lodged, the division shall immediately suspend the discharge of the sentence;
- (2) The offender may file a petition for review in the sentencing court; and
- (3) A review shall be conducted in the sentencing court within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the petition.
(d) If the prosecuting attorney or the board does not file an objection within thirty (30) days of receipt of the early discharge notice:
- (1) The offender may file a petition in the sentencing court stating that no objections have been filed; and
- (2) Upon review, the court may discharge the offender immediately if the date upon which the completion of the sentence has passed.
- (e) An appeal may not be taken by either party from the sentencing court’s findings or the division's decision for early discharge.
- (f) A person who earns discharge and completion of a sentence under this section and Arkansas Code § 16-90-1301 et seq., is considered as having completed his or her sentence in full and is not subject to revocation of parole, transfer, or post-release supervision for those sentences.