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LA Rev Stat § 15:848.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§848.2. Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission members

RS 848.2 - Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission members  A. The Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission shall be composed of the president of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury during his tenure as such; a member of the police jury, other than its president, who shall be selected by a majority vote of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury for a term of four years or until said juror's term of office ends, which ever occurs first; the sheriff of Lincoln Parish; the district attorney of Lincoln Parish; and the chief of police of the city of Ruston. The chairman of the commission shall be selected by majority vote of all members of the commission. It shall be the duty of the chairman to conduct all meetings of the commission in accordance with law and the resolutions adopted by a majority of the commission. In the same manner, the commission shall select a vice-chairman from among its number, who shall serve as chairman in the latter's absence.  B. The secretary of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury may serve as secretary of the commission and the Lincoln Parish treasurer may serve as ex officio treasurer of the commission.  C. The members of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission shall receive no compensation.  D. Should any member of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission be sued individually for damages arising out of or in any way connected with the performance of his duties as such commission member, it shall be the responsibility of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury to provide such member with a legal defense to such suit, including reasonable attorney's fees, investigating costs, and other related expenses not paid by any insurance. Should any such commission member be cast in judgment for damages in such a suit, it shall be the obligation of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury to indemnify him fully against such judgment, including all principal, interest, and costs in excess of that paid by any insurance company. Nothing in this Section shall require the Lincoln Parish Police Jury to indemnify a commission member against a judgment wherein there is a specific decree in the judgment that the action of the commission member was malicious, and willfully and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 569, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:848.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§848.3. Powers and duties of commission

RS 848.3 - Powers and duties of commission  A. The Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission shall be keeper of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, and the sheriff of Lincoln Parish is hereby specifically relieved of that duty in his official capacity as sheriff. B. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, upon relinquishing the custody of any prisoner, to any legally authorized agency, department, or body politic, neither the Lincoln Parish Detention Center nor the commission shall be responsible for the care, conduct, or control of such prisoner until his custody is returned to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center and the commission, or the agents and/or employees of either. The responsibility for the care, conduct, and control of such prisoner in such cases shall be transferred to the agency, department, or body politic to which custody of the prisoner has been relinquished.  C. The Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission shall be responsible for the physical maintenance of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, and the Lincoln Parish Police Jury is hereby specifically relieved of that duty in its official capacity as the governing authority of Lincoln Parish. D. The Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission shall have all other powers and duties of the sheriff and/or governing authority of a parish heretofore or hereafter provided by law for equipping, maintaining, operating, and/or supporting the public jail of a parish and the prisoners therein, which powers and duties include, but are not limited to the following:  1) Adopting all rules and regulations necessary and proper for the governance and maintenance of proper operations and conduct of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center and the prisoners thereof.  2) Appointing and employing all necessary superintendents, corrections officers, and other appropriate personnel, and fixing their salaries and adopting appropriate personnel policies and guidelines, which shall include policies and procedures for discipline and, if necessary, termination. 3) Authorizing and permitting the use of prisoners of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center to maintain road rights of way, not to include construction, within the Parish of Lincoln and remove litter on public grounds, all under the supervision of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury or other appropriate authorities when such prisoners are committed for such purposes by appropriate courts.  4) Creating, establishing, and conducting work release programs in accordance with law.  5) Creating, establishing, and conducting any and all programs, including vocational, rehabilitative, and corrective, not inconsistent with law and consistent with the purposes of this Part.  E. Any construction project undertaken under the auspices of this act shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 569, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:848.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§848.4. Funding for operation and maintenance of Lincoln Parish Detention Center

RS 848.4 - Funding for operation and maintenance of Lincoln Parish Detention Center  A. The expenses or costs of the operation and maintenance of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, including salaries, wages, facility operating costs, and the feeding and maintenance of prisoners incarcerated there, shall be paid monthly by the Lincoln Parish Police Jury treasurer, upon approval of such expenses and costs by the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission, out of the funds derived from special taxes voted, levied, and collected, and/or budgeted for that purpose. The commission may by resolution delegate to the chairman or one of its other members the duty of approving such monthly expenses and maintenance costs.  B. The Lincoln Parish Police Jury and the Ruston City Council shall appropriate, in the respective proportions of eighty-five per cent and fifteen per cent, an amount necessary to properly maintain, operate, and provide necessary operational equipment or replacement equipment for the Lincoln Parish Detention Center whenever revenues from special taxes, and/or other available funds dedicated for those purposes, are insufficient.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 569, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:848.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§848.5. Use of other jail and prison facilities

RS 848.5 - Use of other jail and prison facilities  A. No person shall be incarcerated overnight in Lincoln Parish except in the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. Other jail and prison facilities in Lincoln Parish may be used only to hold prisoners for court during the day, except by express consent of the commission. B. For good cause, the commission may at any time use any jail or prison facility in the parish or any other jail or prison facility in the state for the purpose of keeping persons arrested for or convicted of crime in the parish. Added by Acts 1982, No. 569, §1; Acts 2006, No. 489, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:848.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§848.6. Superintendent and corrections officers

RS 848.6 - Superintendent and corrections officers  A. The day-to-day operations of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center shall be conducted by a superintendent, corrections officers, and any other appropriate personnel, subject to the supervision and control of the commission.  B. The superintendent and all corrections officers shall have the power and authority to make arrests of any persons lawfully committed to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center when such persons have escaped, either from their custody or the custody of others; or when such persons have committed other criminal acts while incarcerated or while at large. This power and authority to arrest shall also extend to persons who aid or abet or otherwise interfere with the arrest of a prisoner of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center or who commit criminal acts while on or around the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 569, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:849 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§849. Establishment; purpose and title

RS 849 - Establishment; purpose and title  A. The governing authority of Terrebonne Parish may create a department of corrections and rehabilitation. Said department shall have the authority to establish, and construct or designate a centralized, single-parish jail and prison for the purpose of providing for the maintenance and upkeep of all persons lawfully incarcerated in Terrebonne Parish. If created, established, and constructed or designated under this Part, this jail and prison shall be known as the Terrebonne Parish Detention Center.  B. No other provision of this Part shall become effective until and unless the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government creates and establishes, by resolution of the parish council of such body, a department of corrections and rehabilitation.  Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 15:849.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§849.1. Organization and powers

RS 849.1 - Organization and powers  A. The Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, hereinafter referred to as the "department", shall be a political subdivision with power to sue and be sued.  B. The department 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 department by city, parish, or district courts. C. Except only as hereinafter specifically provided, all persons lawfully incarcerated in Terrebonne Parish shall be incarcerated with the department subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the commission.  Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 15:849.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§849.2. Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Commission; establishment; members

RS 849.2 - Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Commission; establishment; members  A. The department shall be governed by the Terrebonne Parish Corrections and Rehabilitation Commission, hereinafter to be referred to as the "commission". It shall be domiciled at the parish seat. It shall be sued at its domicile. Service of all legal documents shall be made on the chairman and vice chairman of the commission.  B.(1) The commission shall be composed of the president of Terrebonne Parish during his tenure as such; a member of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government other than its president who shall be selected by a majority vote of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government Council for a term of four years or until his term of office ends, whichever occurs first; the sheriff of Terrebonne Parish; the chief of police of the city of Houma; and the coroner of the parish of Terrebonne. (2) The chairman of the commission shall be selected by majority vote of all members of the commission. The chairman shall conduct all meetings of the commission in accordance with law and the resolutions adopted by a majority of the commission. In the same manner, the commission shall select a vice chairman from among its number, who shall serve as chairman in the latter's absence.  C. The council clerk of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government may serve as ex officio secretary and treasurer of the commission, respectively.  D. The members of the Terrebonne Parish Detention Center Commission shall receive no compensation.  Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 15:849.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§849.3. Powers and duties of commission

RS 849.3 - Powers and duties of commission  A. The commission shall be keeper of the Terrebonne Parish Detention Center or any other designated facility, and the sheriff of Terrebonne Parish is hereby specifically relieved of that duty in his official capacity as sheriff.  B. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, upon relinquishing the custody of any prisoner to any legally authorized agency, department, or body politic, neither the department nor the commission shall be responsible for the care, conduct, or control of the prisoner until his custody is returned to the department and the commission, the agents, or the employees of either. The responsibility of the care, conduct, and control of the prisoner in those cases shall be transferred to the agency, department, or body politic to which custody of the prisoner has been relinquished.  C. The commission shall be responsible for the physical maintenance of the Terrebonne Parish Detention Center, and the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government is hereby specifically relieved of that duty in its official capacity as the governing authority of Terrebonne Parish.  D. The commission shall have all other powers and duties of the sheriff and/or governing authority of a parish heretofore or hereafter provided by law for equipping, maintaining, operating, and/or supporting the public jail of a parish and the prisoners therein, which powers and duties include but are not limited to the following:  (1) Adopting all rules and regulations necessary and proper for the governance and maintenance of proper operations and conduct of the Terrebonne Parish Detention Center and the prisoners thereof.  (2) Appointing and employing all necessary superintendents, corrections officers, and other appropriate personnel; fixing their salaries; and adopting appropriate personnel policies and guidelines which shall include policies and procedures for discipline and, if necessary, termination. (3) Authorizing and permitting the use of prisoners of the department to maintain road rights of way, not to include construction, and such other maintenance functions as may be approved by the commission, when performing such tasks for the department, or other agencies or other appropriate authorities when the prisoners are committed for such purposes by appropriate courts.  (4) Creating, establishing, and conducting work-release programs in accordance with law.  (5) Creating, establishing, and conducting any and all programs, including vocational, rehabilitative, and corrective, not inconsistent with law and consistent with the purposes of this Part.  E. Any construction project undertaken under the auspices of this Part shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212. Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 15:849.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§849.4. Commission's right to incur debt; funding for operation and maintenance of Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; authority to levy ad valorem tax; tax election; approval by parish council

RS 849.4 - Commission's right to incur debt; funding for operation and maintenance of Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; authority to levy ad valorem tax; tax election; approval by parish council  A. The commission shall have the right to incur debt, enter into contracts, and to perform any act which is necessary or proper for carrying out the objects and purposes of the commission.  B.(1) Subject to the approval of a majority of the electors within the parish of Terrebonne, the commission is hereby authorized to levy an ad valorem tax on property located within the boundaries of the district without limit as to the amount of the tax.  (2) Before any tax is levied under the provisions of this Section, there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the parish at a special election called for the purpose, the proposition to authorize the imposition of the ad valorem tax. Such proposition shall include the purpose, rate, and duration of the tax. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state of Louisiana, and a majority of those voting in the election shall have voted in favor of the proposition.  (3) No provision of this Subsection shall become effective until approved by resolution of the parish council of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.  (4) The funds collected from the imposition of such taxes shall be used for the costs or expenses of the operation and maintenance of the Terrebonne Parish Detention Center. They shall be paid by the commission, but only out of funds budgeted for that purpose. Such expenses or costs may include salaries, wages, facility operating costs, and costs necessary and proper to maintain or operate the facility, maintain or replace equipment, or maintain and feed prisoners incarcerated with the department. The commission may, by resolution, delegate to the chairman or one of the other members the duty of approving such monthly expenses and maintenance costs.  Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 15:849.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§849.5. Use of other jail and prison facilities

RS 849.5 - Use of other jail and prison facilities  The commission may designate the existing parish jail or subsequently acquired facility as a detention center under the department, and may use such in accordance with the provisions of this Part.  Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 15:849.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§849.6. Personnel

RS 849.6 - Personnel  A. The day-to-day operations of the department shall be conducted by a superintendent, corrections officers, and any other appropriate personnel, subject to the supervision and control of the commission.  B. The superintendent and all corrections officers may make arrests of any persons lawfully committed to the department when they have escaped, either from their custody or the custody of others, or when they have committed other criminal acts while incarcerated or while at large. This power and authority to arrest shall also extend to persons who aid or abet or otherwise interfere with the arrest of a prisoner of the department or who commit criminal acts while on or around the department or any of its facilities.  C. Department personnel shall have the authority to carry weapons. The superintendent shall have the authority, with approval of the commission, to establish guidelines for the limitation of carrying of weapons by department personnel.  Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.1. Establishment; purpose and title

RS 850.1 - Establishment; purpose and title  The governing authority of Union 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 Union Parish. If created, established, and constructed, under this Part, this jail and prison shall be known as the "Union Parish Detention Center". No other provision of this Part shall be effective or operative unless and until the Union Parish Detention Center is created and established by the Union Parish Police Jury under this Part.  Acts 1989, No. 539, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.2. Organization and powers

RS 850.2 - Organization and powers  A. The Union 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 "Union Parish Detention Center Commission". The Union 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 Union Parish Detention Center may acquire title to movable property for the 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 Union Parish Detention Center by city or district courts.  C. Except only as hereinafter specifically provided, all persons lawfully incarcerated in Union Parish shall be incarcerated in the Union Parish Detention Center, subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the Union Parish Detention Center Commission.  Acts 1989, No. 539, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.3. Union Parish Detention Center Commission members

RS 850.3 - Union Parish Detention Center Commission members  A. The Union Parish Detention Center Commission shall be composed of the president of the Union Parish Police Jury during his tenure as such; a member of the police jury, other than its president, who shall be selected by a majority vote of the Union Parish Police Jury for a term of four years or until said juror's term of office ends, whichever occurs first; the sheriff of Union Parish; the district attorney of Union Parish; and the chief of police of the city of Farmerville. The chairman of the commission shall be selected by majority vote of all members of the commission. It shall be the duty of the chairman to conduct all meetings of the commission in accordance with law and the resolutions adopted by a majority of the commission. In the same manner, the commission shall select a vice-chairman from among its number, who shall serve as chairman in the latter's absence.  B. The secretary of the Union Parish Police Jury may serve as secretary of the commission and the Union Parish treasurer may serve as ex officio treasurer of the commission.  C. The members of the Union Parish Detention Center Commission shall receive no compensation.  D. Should any member of the Union Parish Detention Center Commission be sued individually for damages arising out of or in any way connected with the performance of his duties as such commission member, it shall be the responsibility of the Union Parish Police Jury to provide such member with a legal defense to such suit, including reasonable attorney's fees, investigating costs, and other related expenses not paid by any insurance. Should any such commission member be cast in judgment for damages in such a suit, it shall be the obligation of the Union Parish Police Jury to indemnify him fully against such judgment, including all principal, interest, and costs in excess of that paid by any insurance company. Nothing in this Section shall require the Union Parish Police Jury to indemnify a commission member against a judgment wherein there is a specific decree in the judgment that the action of the commission member was malicious, and willfully and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm. Acts 1989, No. 539, §1.