AR SB311

Redefines "serious conditions violation" to include absenting from supervision for 6 months or more or arrest for a misdemeanor that does not involve violent offenses, sex offender registration requirements, harassment, stalking, threats of violence, DWI/boating while intoxicated, or controlled substance offenses

Redefines "technical conditions violation" to mean violations from noncriminal acts, positive drug screens, or absenting from supervision for less than 6 months

Reduces maximum incarceration for parolees from 180 days to 120 days in Division of Community Correction or Division of Correction facilities, and reduces maximum accumulated incarceration from 360 days to 240 days before parole violation is recommended

Reduces maximum incarceration period for technical conditions violations from 90 days to 60 days and for serious conditions violations from 180 days to 120 days upon parole revocation hearing

Maintains limits that parolees cannot be incarcerated more than 2 times as a parole sanction and that confinement periods may be reduced by up to 50 percent for good behavior and successful program completion