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LA Rev Stat § 15:850.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.4. Powers and duties of commission

RS 850.4 - Powers and duties of commission  A. The Union Parish Detention Center Commission shall be keeper of the Union Parish Detention Center, and the sheriff of Union 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 Union 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 Union Parish Detention Center and the commission, or the agents 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 Union Parish Detention Center Commission shall be responsible for the physical maintenance of the Union Parish Detention Center, and the Union Parish Police Jury is hereby specifically relieved of that duty in its official capacity as the governing authority of Union Parish. D. The Union Parish Detention Center Commission shall have all other powers and duties of the sheriff or governing authority of a parish heretofore or hereafter provided by law for equipping, maintaining, operating, 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 Union 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 Union Parish Detention Center to maintain road rights of way, not to include construction, within the Parish of Union and remove litter on public grounds, all under the supervision of the Union 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 Part shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212. Acts 1989, No. 539, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.5. Funding for operation and maintenance of Union Parish Detention Center

RS 850.5 - Funding for operation and maintenance of Union Parish Detention Center  The expenses or costs of the operation and maintenance of the Union Parish Detention Center, including salaries, wages, facility operating costs, and the feeding and maintenance of prisoners incarcerated there, shall be paid monthly by the Union Parish Police Jury treasurer, upon approval of such expenses and costs by the Union Parish Detention Center Commission, out of the funds derived from special taxes voted, levied, and collected, 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.  Acts 1989, No. 539, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.6. Use of other jail and prison facilities

RS 850.6 - Use of other jail and prison facilities  A. No person shall be incarcerated overnight in Union Parish except in the Union Parish Detention Center. Other jail and prison facilities in Union 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 Union Parish Detention Center Commission may at any time require the use of any jail or prison facility in Union Parish for the purpose of keeping persons arrested for or convicted of crime in the parish.  Acts 1989, No. 539, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.7. Superintendent and corrections officers

RS 850.7 - Superintendent and corrections officers  A. The day-to-day operations of the Union Parish Detention Center shall be conducted by a superintendent, corrections officer, 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 Union 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 Union Parish Detention Center or who commit criminal acts while on or around the Union Parish Detention Center.  Acts 1989, No. 539, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.11. Establishment; purpose and title

RS 850.11 - Establishment; purpose and title The governing authority of Jackson 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 Jackson Parish. If created, established, and constructed under this Part, this jail and prison shall be known as the Jackson Parish Detention Center. No other provision of this Part shall be effective or operative unless and until the Jackson Parish Detention Center is created and established by the Jackson Parish Police Jury under this Part. Acts 1995, No. 675, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.12. Organization and powers

RS 850.12 - Organization and powers A. The Jackson 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 Jackson Parish Detention Center Commission. The Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson Parish Detention Center by city or district courts. C. Except only as hereinafter specifically provided, all persons lawfully incarcerated in Jackson Parish shall be incarcerated in the Jackson Parish Detention Center, subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the Jackson Parish Detention Center Commission. Acts 1995, No. 675, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.13. Commission members

RS 850.13 - Commission members A. The Jackson Parish Detention Center Commission shall be composed of seven members including the president of the Jackson Parish Police Jury during his tenure as such; a member of the police jury, other than its president, who shall be elected by a majority vote of the police jury for a term of four years or until said juror's term of office ends, whichever occurs first; the sheriff of Jackson Parish; the chief of police of the town of Jonesboro; one mayor from a town or village within Jackson Parish, other than the town of Jonesboro, whose term shall be four years or until his term of office ends, the order of rotation for choosing a town or village shall be fixed by the commission; and two citizens who are to be appointed by the police jury. 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 police jury may serve as secretary of the commission and the Jackson Parish treasurer may serve as ex officio treasurer of the commission. C. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation. D. Should any member of the 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 commission to provide such member with a legal defense to such suit, including reasonable attorney 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 commission 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 commission 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 1995, No. 675, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.14. Powers and duties of commission

RS 850.14 - Powers and duties of commission A. The commission shall be keeper of the Jackson Parish Detention Center, and the sheriff of Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson Parish Detention Center and the commission, or the agents 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 commission shall be responsible for the physical maintenance of the Jackson Parish Detention Center, and the police jury is hereby specifically relieved of that duty in its official capacity as the governing authority of Jackson Parish. D. The commission shall have all other powers and duties of the sheriff and governing authority of a parish heretofore or hereafter provided by law for equipping, maintaining, operating, and 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 Jackson 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 Jackson Parish Detention Center to maintain road rights-of-way, not to include construction, within the parish of Jackson and remove litter on public grounds, all under the supervision of the 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 Part shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212. Acts 1995, No. 675, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.15. Funding for operation and maintenance of Jackson Parish Detention Center

RS 850.15 - Funding for operation and maintenance of Jackson Parish Detention Center The expenses or costs of the operation and maintenance of the Jackson Parish Detention Center, including salaries, wages, facility operating costs, and the feeding and maintenance of prisoners incarcerated there, shall be paid monthly by the police jury treasurer, upon approval of such expenses and costs by the Jackson Parish Detention Center Commission, out of the funds derived from special taxes voted, levied, collected, and 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. Acts 1995, No. 675, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.16. Use of other jail and prison facilities

RS 850.16 - Use of other jail and prison facilities A. No person shall be incarcerated overnight in Jackson Parish except in the Jackson Parish Detention Center. Other jail and prison facilities in Jackson 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 require the use of any jail or prison facility in Jackson Parish for the purpose of keeping persons arrested for or convicted of crime in the parish. Acts 1995, No. 675, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:850.17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§850.17. Superintendent and corrections officers

RS 850.17 - Superintendent and corrections officers A. The day-to-day operations of the Jackson 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 Jackson Parish Detention Center when such persons have escaped, either from their custody or from the custody of others, or when such persons have committed other criminal acts while incarcerated or while at large. Acts 1995, No. 675, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:851 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§851. Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 496, §1, eff. July 22, 1980

RS 851 - Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 496, §1, eff. July 22, 1980
LA Rev Stat § 15:852 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§852. §§852 to 854 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1

RS 852 - §§852 to 854 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1
LA Rev Stat § 15:855.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§855.1. §§855.1 to 855.4 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 114, §2, eff. June 29, 1985.

RS 855.1 - §§855.1 to 855.4 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 114, §2, eff. June 29, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 15:856 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§856. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1

RS 856 - Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1
LA Rev Stat § 15:857 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§857. Chaplains; access to inmates

RS 857 - Chaplains; access to inmates  The warden shall provide for the services on a contractual basis of a full-time minister of the predominant non-Catholic denomination who shall serve as the Protestant chaplain. The inmates shall at all times have access to the Protestant chaplain. He shall be paid a monthly fee to be fixed by the warden to be paid out of the funds regularly appropriated for the state penitentiary. The warden may provide for the employment of additional part-time chaplains of any religious denomination on a contractual basis and shall have authority to fix their fees.  Amended by Acts 1952, No. 207, §1; Acts 1958, No. 481, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:858 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§858. Catholic priest for penitentiary; method of appointment; access to inmates

RS 858 - Catholic priest for penitentiary; method of appointment; access to inmates  The warden shall provide for the services on a contractual basis of a full-time Catholic priest who shall be appointed by and subject to the archbishop of New Orleans who shall serve as the Catholic chaplain. The inmates shall at all times have access to the Catholic chaplain. He shall be paid a monthly fee by the warden to be paid out of the funds regularly appropriated for the state penitentiary, which monthly fee shall be the same amount as the monthly fee paid the full-time minister serving as Protestant chaplain.  Amended by Acts 1952, No. 207, §1; Acts 1958, No. 481, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:859 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§859. Inmate spiritual and guidance services; leasing of property

RS 859 - Inmate spiritual and guidance services; leasing of property A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may lease land owned by the state and under the control of the department to a nonprofit corporation, on which land the lessee may construct a facility to be used for the purpose of providing spiritual and guidance services to inmates, subject to the rules and regulations of the department. B. The lease shall be for a period not to exceed ninety-nine years and be subject to any such terms and conditions that the secretary deems appropriate and in accord with the rules and regulations of the department. The value of the facilities constructed shall be good and sufficient consideration for the lease granted by the department. C. Contracts entered into by any such lessee for the performance of work or the erection, construction, or maintenance of improvements on the leased premises shall not constitute public works contracts. D. The provisions of R.S. 39:1643 and Part I of Chapter 10 of Title 41 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall not be applicable to leases authorized by this Section. Acts 1997, No. 1113, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 15:860 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§860. Right of inmate to decline medical treatment

RS 860 - Right of inmate to decline medical treatment  Except as to compliance with the sanitary laws and all reasonable regulations relating to contagious and infectious diseases, any sane patient or sane inmate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary may decline any medical care or treatment offered or provided by the institution and provide other care for himself at his own expense.
LA Rev Stat § 15:861 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§861. Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 373, §3

RS 861 - Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 373, §3
LA Rev Stat § 15:862 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§862. Officials and employees not to be personally interested in contracts; penalty

RS 862 - Officials and employees not to be personally interested in contracts; penalty  No official or employee of the Louisiana State Penitentiary shall be personally interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, purchase, lease, or sale of lands, materials or supplies, or in any contract for work to be done.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  All contracts or agreements of this nature shall be null and void and of no binding effect against the state.
LA Rev Stat § 15:863 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§863. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 569, §2, eff. July 12, 1978

RS 863 - Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 569, §2, eff. July 12, 1978
LA Rev Stat § 15:864 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§864. Trespass on state prison property prohibited; penalty; exceptions

RS 864 - Trespass on state prison property prohibited; penalty; exceptions  No person shall enter without permission of the superintendent of the Louisiana State Penitentiary upon any of the farms or properties which may be designated by the superintendent as state prisons.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.  This Section shall not prohibit sheriffs, their deputies, and other officers of the law from entering the farms or properties in the performance of their official duties. No person shall be denied admittance to the farms or properties, at reasonable times and under the conditions fixed by the superintendent to insure the safety and proper discipline of inmates and prisoners for the transaction of legitimate business thereon.
LA Rev Stat § 15:865 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§865. Solitary confinement abolished

RS 865 - Solitary confinement abolished  A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this Section, no prisoner in the state penitentiary shall be placed in solitary confinement, except in enforcing obedience to the police regulations of the penitentiary.  B. Notwithstanding Subsection A of this Section and except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, no prisoner in any penal or correctional institution who is pregnant, or is less than eight weeks post medical release following a pregnancy, or is caring for a child in a penal or correctional institution shall be placed in solitary confinement.  C. The provisions of this Section prohibiting the placement of prisoners in solitary confinement do not apply under either of the following circumstances:  (1) The prisoner has engaged in an act of violence while incarcerated that either resulted in or was likely to result in serious bodily injury or death to another.  (2) There is reasonable cause to believe that the use of solitary confinement is necessary to reduce a substantial risk of imminent serious bodily injury or death to another, as evidenced by the prisoner's recent conduct while incarcerated.  Amended by Acts 2020, No. 140, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:866 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§866. Payment to released prisoners

RS 866 - Payment to released prisoners  The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations to determine which prisoners are eligible upon release from prison to receive a temporary maintenance payment not to exceed the sum of twenty dollars. Payments shall be made from a source determined by the secretary.  Acts 1988, No. 377, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:866.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§866.1. Transportation for released prisoners

RS 866.1 - Transportation for released prisoners  The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations to determine which prisoners shall be provided transportation to their residence upon release from prison. No inmate, otherwise eligible, shall be provided transportation to a residence outside of the state of Louisiana.  Acts 1978, No. 575, §2; Acts 1988, No. 378, §1.