Opinion No.

Mr. Larry Norris, Interim Director Arkansas Department of Correction P.O. Box 8707 Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71611

Dear Mr. Norris:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on four issues relating to the Arkansas Department of Correction's proposed use of pre-employment polygraph examinations as a device to screen potential employees for the Boot Camp Program. You indicate in your request that a grand jury in Pulaski County recently recommended in their findings that the Department of Correction should pre-screen employees of the Boot Camp Program for gang involvement or criminal activity.…