I'm new here.....what is EPA......??

Davesgirl66 - I have gone ahead and moved your question into a new thread to better help others who may also find this information useful.

EPA stands for Emergency Powers Act. Due to overcrowding in Arkansas prisons, it was enacted to allow the release of inmates who are within 90 days of their parole date. There is also the expanded EPA which has gone into effect a few times which allows the release of inmates who are within 1 yr. of their parole date.

Here are 2 links with the exact policies & guidelines:

From 1991
www.state.ar.us/doc/adcar_pdf/AR1315.pdf

From 2003 - this one has more exact info
http://www.state.ar.us/doc/adcar_pdf/AR1316.pdf