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LA Rev Stat § 15:830.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§830.1. Refusal of treatment by inmates with mental illness or intellectual disability

RS 830.1 - Refusal of treatment by inmates with mental illness or intellectual disability  A. Whenever an inmate with a mental illness or an intellectual disability refuses treatment and any staff physician, staff psychiatrist, or consulting psychiatrist of the institution certifies that the treatment is necessary to prevent harm or injury to the inmate or to others, such treatment will be permitted for a period not to exceed fifteen days. If treatment for a longer period is deemed necessary, a petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction setting forth the reasons for the treatment. Treatment shall continue while the hearing is pending. After a hearing at which the inmate with a mental illness or intellectual disability is represented by counsel, the court shall determine whether the inmate is competent and, if not, he shall order that appropriate treatment be provided. If the inmate does not have counsel, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent him. Reasonable attorney fees shall be fixed by the judge and paid by the state.  B. Treatment shall be administered at a treatment facility as designated by law, or at a facility under the control or supervision of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections that has been designated by the Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections as a treatment facility.  C. Commitments pursuant to this Section shall be in accord with all procedures required by law in the case of judicial commitment. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude any person in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections from any commitment or admission as may be otherwise provided by law.  Added by Acts 1978, No. 762, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 609, §1, eff. July 23, 1980; Acts 1987, No. 96, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §7, eff. June 23, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 15:830.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§830.2. Security for mental health patients

RS 830.2 - Security for mental health patients   The department may contract with the Louisiana Department of Health to provide security personnel for mental health patients who are confined to forensic units or other facilities to which such patients may be temporarily referred for medical treatment under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Health whenever it is deemed necessary by the Louisiana Department of Health to establish forensic facilities in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Alexandria.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 687, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:833.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§833.1. Community resource centers; participation; conditions

RS 833.1 - Community resource centers; participation; conditions A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections is hereby authorized to establish community resource centers to provide housing for inmates to remediate the damage done following a natural disaster or emergency. In implementing disaster remediation activities by inmates the secretary shall maximize the use of inmate labor to augment governmental personnel and community volunteers conducting remediation activities during the period immediately after such disaster and assure that inmate labor does not replace an existing employee, work on a project or job involved in a labor dispute, or supplant post disaster remediation activities that may otherwise be performed under contract by private sector firms employed by an affected individual or governmental entity. B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, every eligible inmate in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who has been convicted of a felony, except an inmate prohibited from participation as provided for in Subsection D of this Section, may be assigned to perform labor related to cleanup and rebuilding following a natural disaster, emergency or other catastrophe if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The governor has declared a disaster or emergency in the parish where the work will be conducted pursuant to executive order or proclamation pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act. (2) The inmate is not excluded from eligibility for participation pursuant to the provisions of Subsection D and pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary. (3) The secretary has approved the participation of the inmate in implementing disaster remediation activities. C. Participation in a community resource center shall be granted under the rules, regulations and procedures prescribed and promulgated by the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The rules shall be adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. D. An inmate in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall not be eligible to participate in the community resource centers if the inmate has been convicted of a crime defined or enumerated as a crime of violence in R.S. 14:2(B) or the inmate has been convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541. E. Inmates participating in the community resource center shall be eligible to earn a maximum of thirty days earned credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date in addition to that otherwise authorized by law for every thirty days of service in this program. F. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to appropriation by the legislature or the availability of any appropriate federal funds. Acts 2006, No. 104, §1; Acts 2011, No. 186, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 15:833.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§833.2. Temporary release of inmate for limited purposes

RS 833.2 - Temporary release of inmate for limited purposes  A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the secretary may authorize the temporary release of any inmate, except an inmate sentenced to death, for palliative or medical care when an inmate is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and death is expected within sixty days or when an inmate is to be confined to an acute care hospital or nursing home with a condition that totally prevents mobility, including but not limited to prolonged coma or mechanical ventilation.  B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the secretary may authorize the temporary release of any inmate, except an inmate sentenced to death, serving a sentence for conviction of first degree murder (R.S. 14:30), second degree murder (R.S. 14:30.1), attempted murder (R.S. 14:27 and 29), aggravated or first degree rape (R.S. 14:42), attempted aggravated or first degree rape (R.S. 14:27 and 42), forcible or second degree rape (R.S. 14:42.1), aggravated kidnapping (R.S. 14:44), aggravated arson (R.S. 14:51), armed robbery (R.S. 14:64), attempted armed robbery (R.S. 14:27 and 64), or producing, manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing or possession with intent to produce, manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled dangerous substance classified in Schedule I or II of R.S. 40:964 or any inmate sentenced as a habitual offender under R.S. 15:529.1, when that inmate is confined to an acute care hospital or nursing home with a condition that totally prevents mobility, including but not limited to prolonged coma or mechanical ventilation.  C. Any inmate authorized for temporary release pursuant to the provisions of this Section who is released, discharged, or who absconds from an acute care hospital or nursing home shall have such temporary release immediately rescinded.  Acts 2008, No. 572, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 15:834 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§834. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

RS 834 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:834.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§834.1. Free housing; employees living at correctional institutions

RS 834.1 - Free housing; employees living at correctional institutions The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent with all other provisions of law to provide for free housing for persons who are not inmates, and who are employees living on the grounds of a state correctional institution. The secretary shall consider the cost-effectiveness of free housing as compared to housing at reduced costs and determine whether free housing would be more beneficial to such employees and to the state. In formulating the rules and regulations, the secretary shall also consider all other provisions of law, rules, or guidelines, particularly those pertaining to the regulation of employment, taxation, and compensation of state employees. Acts 1997, No. 956, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:834.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§834.2. Plan for expansion of existing space or contracts for additional housing of individuals in the custody of the department; legislative approval

RS 834.2 - Plan for expansion of existing space or contracts for additional housing of individuals in the custody of the department; legislative approval  A. Before the execution of any agreement or contract for the expansion of space for the housing of individuals in the custody of the department, either through improvements to an existing facility or construction of a new state facility, or through a contract or other agreement with a local government facility or private contractor, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, hereinafter referred to as "secretary", shall prepare a detailed analysis reflecting the need for the expansion as well as a recommended plan to remedy the shortage of housing, hereinafter referred to as "the plan". The secretary shall submit the plan to both the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and Senate Committee on Judiciary B for approval. The form and content of the plan shall be determined by the chairmen of the two committees, and shall also include the criteria provided for in Subsection B of this Section.  B. For purposes of the plan, the secretary shall consider the existing resources currently available for the housing of individuals committed to the custody of the department with an assessment of the sufficiency of those resources in enabling the department to comply with established treatment, training, and security needs. If it is determined that additional housing is needed, the secretary shall develop a plan for the expansion of housing space for such purpose. The plan shall include options for the expansion of a state facility, a contract or other agreement with a local correctional facility, and a contract or other agreement with a private correctional facility. The plan shall contain a comparison between the three methods of increasing the availability of housing by using state, local, and private facilities, and shall include consideration of the costs associated with feeding and housing individuals, the costs associated with employment of qualified personnel to properly secure and maintain the facility, and the availability of facilities to provide adequate healthcare for aged or infirm inmates. The plan shall include projected long-term price increases for contracts with private correctional facilities.  C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in West Carroll Parish.  Acts 2016, No. 561, §1, eff. July 1, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 15:835 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§835. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

RS 835 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:836 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§836. Cooperation and agreements with other agencies; federal government; local government

RS 836 - Cooperation and agreements with other agencies; federal government; local government  The department shall cooperate with public and private agencies and officials to assist in fulfilling its functions. The department may enter into agreements with other departments of this state or any political subdivision thereof, with private agencies and with the federal government with respect to the discharge of their respective responsibilities.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 192, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:837 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§837. Transfer of functions; records, money and equipment; employees

RS 837 - Transfer of functions; records, money and equipment; employees  A. Upon the transfer of functions, any pending or unfinished business shall be taken over and completed by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections with the same power and authority as the agency from which the functions are transferred. The department shall be the successor in every way to the agency from which such functions are transferred, and every act done in the exercise of such functions by the department shall be deemed to have the same force and effect under any provisions of law in effect as if done by the agency from which functions are transferred is referred to, or designated by any law or contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department; provided that to the extent necessary to prevent the impairment of the contractual obligations of any agency heretofore existing, or of the state of Louisiana, the existence, organization, and functions of any such agency shall be excluded from the provisions of the Section, and like exclusion shall be made whenever necessary to prevent any violation of the provisions, terms, or conditions of any gift, donation, deed, will trust, or other instrument or disposition by which property of any nature or description has been vested in any agency affected by this Section, or the diversion from the purposes for which such property was donated, deeded, divided or bequeathed, or otherwise vested in any such agency; provided further that the provisions of this Section shall not be construed or applied in such a way as to prevent full compliance by the state or any agency of the federal government, by which federal aid or other financial assistance from the United States has been made available to this state or any subdivision or agency thereof, anything contained in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding.  B. All books, papers, records, money, choses in action, and other property heretofore used or possessed by any agency in the exercise of functions hereby transferred, shall be transferred to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.  C. All employees heretofore engaged in the performance of duties, in any agency in the exercise of functions transferred by this Section to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall be transferred with such functions to the department and shall, so far as practicable, continue to perform the duties heretofore performed.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 192, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:838 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§838. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

RS 838 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:839 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§839. Effect of R.S. 40:2001 through 40:2017.9

RS 839 - Effect of R.S. 40:2001 through 40:2017.9  The provisions of Act No. 207 of 1956, as amended, providing for the organization and powers of the State Department of Hospitals, and incorporated into the Revised Statutes as Part I of Chapter 11 of Title 40, including R.S. 40:2001 through 40:2017.9, are hereby confirmed, ratified and continued in effect.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 192, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:840 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§840. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

RS 840 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:840.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§840.1. Access to records; cooperation by other agencies; confidentiality; disclosure

RS 840.1 - Access to records; cooperation by other agencies; confidentiality; disclosure  A. During the course of any investigation which the Department of Corrections is authorized by law to conduct, or any investigation necessary to the rehabilitation of persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections, said department shall have access to information and records under the control of any state or local agency which are reasonably related to the rehabilitation of the individual, which information shall be maintained in the file or case record of the offender. This information shall include circumstances attending the commission of the offense for which the offender was or is to be incarcerated, placed on probation, or released on parole, subsequent offenses that occur while under supervision, the offender's history of delinquency, or criminality as a juvenile and adult, his family situation and background, economic and employment status, education, personal habits, the condition of the offender's physical and mental health, and other matters deemed relevant to his rehabilitation.  B. Local and state law enforcement agencies, courts, welfare and social service agencies, juvenile agencies and mental, health and correctional institutions shall furnish to the Department of Corrections criminal or delinquency records, mental or health records, and such other relevant information as the department requests.  C. All information obtained under this provision shall be held as confidential and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone except in accordance with R.S. 15:574.12.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 201, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:840.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§840.2. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

RS 840.2 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:841 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§841. Establishment; purpose

RS 841 - Establishment; purpose  The Northeast Louisiana Correctional Center is hereby created as a political corporation, with power to sue and be sued. It shall be administered by a board of governors.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 690, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 678, §2; Acts 1985, No. 447, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:842 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§842. Board of governors; membership, powers, duties; suits

RS 842 - Board of governors; membership, powers, duties; suits  A. The board of governors shall be composed of the sheriff of Concordia Parish, the sheriff of Catahoula Parish, the chief judge of the Seventh Judicial District or a judge of the Seventh Judicial District designated by the chief judge as his representative, two members to be appointed by the chief judge of the Seventh Judicial District, one member of the Concordia Parish Police Jury to be elected by said police jury, and one member of the Catahoula Parish Police Jury to be elected by said police jury.  B. The president of the board of governors shall be the sheriff of Concordia Parish and he shall be the administrator of the prison. A secretary shall be chosen by the board from among its members and the treasurer of Concordia Parish shall be the ex officio treasurer of the correctional center. The members of the board of governors shall receive no compensation.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 690, §1; Acts 1985, No. 447, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:844 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§844. Suits; service of process

RS 844 - Suits; service of process  Suit may be instituted against the Northeast Louisiana Correctional Center at its domicile and service of all legal documents shall be made on the president or secretary of the board of governors.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 690, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 678, §2; Acts 1985, No. 447, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:845 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§845. Municipalities, agreements with for use

RS 845 - Municipalities, agreements with for use  A municipality, whenever it so desires, may have prisoners convicted by the municipal courts of violations of municipal ordinances sentenced to work on or be confined at the center upon agreement by the governing authority of the municipality and the governing authorities of the center for the charges and expenses of keeping the prisoners. The governing authority of a municipality may enter into a contract with the governing authorities of the center to determine the costs to be paid by the municipality to the center for the keeping of prisoners. The charges shall be determined by mutual agreement.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 690, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 678, §2; Acts 1985, No. 447, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:846 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§846. Prisoners

RS 846 - Prisoners  Any person convicted of misdemeanors and felonies not necessarily punishable by hard labor may be confined in the center. A judge of the Seventh Judicial District shall have full authority to sentence any party convicted of such offenses in the Seventh Judicial District to imprisonment in the center.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 690, §1; Acts 1985, No. 447, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:847 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§847. Additional facilities

RS 847 - Additional facilities  Any prison, correctional institute, or other type of prison facility which is operated by the Concordia or Catahoula Parish Police Jury may be made available by said police jury to the Northeast Louisiana Correctional Center on a per prisoner fee basis. When any such facility is made available, the facility shall become a part of the Northeast Louisiana Correctional Center and subject to all the requirements of this Part.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 690, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 678, §2; Acts 1985, No. 447, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:848 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§848. Establishment; purpose and title

RS 848 - Establishment; purpose and title  The governing authority of Lincoln Parish may create, establish, and construct a centralized, single-parish jail and prison for the purpose of providing for the maintenance and upkeep of all persons lawfully incarcerated in Lincoln Parish. If created, established, and constructed, under this Part, this jail and prison shall be known as the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. No other provision of this Part shall be effective and/or operative unless and until the Lincoln Parish Detention Center is created and established by the Lincoln Parish Police Jury under this Part.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 569, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:848.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§848.1. Organization and powers

RS 848.1 - Organization and powers  A. The Lincoln Parish Detention Center shall be a political corporation, with power to sue and be sued and shall be governed by a commission to be known as the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission. The Lincoln Parish Detention Center shall be domiciled at the parish seat. It shall be sued at its domicile and service of all legal documents shall be made on the chairman or vice-chairman of the commission.  B. The Lincoln Parish Detention Center may acquire title to movable property for public purposes by purchase or donation, may operate or maintain prison farms, and may operate or maintain the farms in whole or in part with prison labor and persons sentenced to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center by city or district courts.  C. Except only as hereinafter specifically provided, all persons lawfully incarcerated in Lincoln Parish shall be incarcerated in the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 569, §1.