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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:849. Establishment; purpose and title

RS 15:849 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:849.1. Organization and powers

RS 15:849.1 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:849.2. Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Commission; establishment; members

RS 15:849.2 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:849.3. Powers and duties of commission

RS 15:849.3 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:849.4. 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 15:849.4 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:849.5. Use of other jail and prison facilities

RS 15:849.5 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:849.6. Personnel

RS 15:849.6 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.1. Establishment; purpose and title

RS 15:850.1 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.2. Organization and powers

RS 15:850.2 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.3. Union Parish Detention Center Commission members

RS 15:850.3 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.4. Powers and duties of commission

RS 15:850.4 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.5. Funding for operation and maintenance of Union Parish Detention Center

RS 15:850.5 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.6. Use of other jail and prison facilities

RS 15:850.6 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.7. Superintendent and corrections officers

RS 15:850.7 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.11. Establishment; purpose and title

RS 15:850.11 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.12. Organization and powers

RS 15:850.12 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.13. Commission members

RS 15:850.13 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.14. Powers and duties of commission

RS 15:850.14 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.15. Funding for operation and maintenance of Jackson Parish Detention Center

RS 15:850.15 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.16. Use of other jail and prison facilities

RS 15:850.16 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:850.17. Superintendent and corrections officers

RS 15:850.17 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:855.1. §§855.1 to 855.4 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 114, §2, eff. June 29, 1985.

RS 15:855.1 - §§855.1 to 855.4 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 114, §2, eff. June 29, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:857. Chaplains; access to inmates

RS 15:857 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:858. Catholic priest for penitentiary; method of appointment; access to inmates

RS 15:858 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:859. Inmate spiritual and guidance services; leasing of property

RS 15:859 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:860. Right of inmate to decline medical treatment

RS 15:860 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:862. Officials and employees not to be personally interested in contracts; penalty

RS 15:862 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:864. Trespass on state prison property prohibited; penalty; exceptions

RS 15:864 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:865. Solitary confinement abolished

RS 15:865 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:866. Payment to released prisoners

RS 15:866 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:866.1. Transportation for released prisoners

RS 15:866.1 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:866.2. Disposition of abandoned property of discharged inmates

RS 15:866.2 - Disposition of abandoned property of discharged inmates
A. Any property abandoned by a prisoner in a penal institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections at the time of his discharge from the custody of the department shall, after ninety days from his release, be disposed of in the following manner:
(1) There shall be notice of the department's right to dispose of the property in accordance with this procedure on the data sheet listing the property of the person at the time he is transferred into the custody of the department; however, this requirement shall not apply to property in possession of the department prior to September 1, 1985.
(2) Ninety days after the release of the prisoner, if after notice to the prisoner within fourteen days after his release the property is unclaimed and not needed for any legal reason by the department, the secretary of the department may authorize the abandoned property to be destroyed, donated to a charitable organization, or put into lawful use within the institution from which it came. Any legal tender shall be placed in a fund for the benefit of all inmates. A record of the disposition of all abandoned property shall be maintained.
(3) Abandoned property, as defined in Subsection B below, in the possession of the department on September 1, 1985 shall, ninety days after September 1, 1985, be disposed of as set forth in Paragraph (A)(2) above, unless claimed by the prisoner before the ninety days has elapsed.
B. For the purposes of this Section, all property which the prisoner leaves at the institution or anywhere within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or which he fails to take with him upon discharge and to which he makes no claim prior to his discharge or within ninety days thereafter, shall be considered abandoned.
C. At the conclusion of a disciplinary proceeding against a prisoner, which proceeding indicates that property was obtained by the inmate through fraud or misrepresentation of his situation or his personal data such as his race, sex, age, marital status, offender class, nature of his conviction, or release dates, said property shall be returned to the complaining victim upon his submission of an affidavit setting forth the facts of the fraudulent or misrepresented transaction and his request that the property be returned to him. All such property allegedly obtained through fraud or misrepresentation may be suspended or held in the inmate's prison account or in inventory storage by the warden pending outcome of the disciplinary proceeding and receipt of the complainant's affidavit. Absent receipt of said affidavit within thirty days of its being requested of the complaining victim by the institution, said property shall be disposed of as set forth in Paragraph (A)(2) above.
Acts 1985, No. 498, §1, eff. July 12, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:867. Compensation for damage or injury occasioned by escape

RS 15:867 - Compensation for damage or injury occasioned by escape
A. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections is hereby authorized to pay out of funds appropriated to any unit of the department compensation in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for the property damage or personal injury sustained, and medical expenses incurred therewith, by any person assisting or forced to assist in the pursuit of any prisoner who has escaped from the custody of any adult or juvenile institution of the department immediately following such escape and while in hot pursuit; or any such damage or injury sustained by persons, caused by any adult or juvenile who is in the physical custody of the department while in the course of such escape from any institution owned and operated by the department or the vicinity thereof.
B. Any contract entered into by the department for operation of a half-way house or similar facility which allows for physical custody of inmates by persons other than the department shall provide, as a condition of the contract, that the person assuming custody of the inmates shall be responsible for payment of damages caused as described in this Section.
C. A notarized statement, and such other information as may be required by the secretary of the department, shall be submitted prior to any reimbursement under this Section.
Acts 1954, No. 205, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 447, §1; Acts 1987, No. 100, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:867.1. Search teams; appointment and duties; training

RS 15:867.1 - Search teams; appointment and duties; training
A. The warden of each state correctional facility may appoint search teams for the sole purpose of pursuing any prisoner who has escaped from the custody of the facility.
B. Search teams appointed by the wardens pursuant to this Section shall be composed of employees of the correctional facility. The search teams may set roadblocks and conduct limited inspections of motor vehicles for the sole purpose of locating and apprehending escapees.
C. For purposes of this Section, the wardens together with the secretary of the department shall design and implement sufficient training programs for persons appointed to the search teams. Training programs shall include proper and constitutionally allowable roadblock and inspection procedures, safety, reasonable means by which to conduct such stops and inspections, and other appropriate training. All proposed training and other guidelines for conducting search team activities pursuant to this Section shall be submitted in writing to the House Administration of Criminal Justice and Senate Judiciary B Committees prior to their implementation.
D. Nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing members of the search teams to interfere with state and local law enforcement officers conducting their duties pursuant to state law.
Acts 1997, No. 586, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:868. Appointment of attorney to represent inmates; fees

RS 15:868 - Appointment of attorney to represent inmates; fees
Whenever it is necessary for a district court to appoint an attorney at law to represent any inmate who is charged with a crime alleged to have been committed while the inmate was in the actual physical custody and control of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or when an inmate escapes from the actual physical custody and control of the department and during the period of escape is charged with committing a crime in the parish where the correctional institution from which he escaped is located, such attorney at law shall be paid a reasonable fee, fixed by the court, from funds appropriated to the department.
Acts 1956, No. 80, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 320, §1, eff. July 13, 1977; Acts 1982, No. 620, §1; Acts 1990, No. 231, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:870. Work assignments not to be refused; overtime

RS 15:870 - Work assignments not to be refused; overtime
No inmate shall be permitted to refuse to accept or perform diligently any work assignment required of him because of any compensation rate herein imposed, nor shall extra or overtime compensation be paid for work required to be done.
Acts 1956, No. 554, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:871. Inmates eligible for compensation

RS 15:871 - Inmates eligible for compensation
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, compensation may be paid to eligible inmates in accordance with rules established by the secretary of the department and adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 1956, No. 554, §3; Acts 1991, No. 138, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1068, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2006, No. 87, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:873. Rate of inmate compensation; source of funding

RS 15:873 - Rate of inmate compensation; source of funding
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may establish various rates of compensation as an incentive to inmates incarcerated in state correctional facilities. The rates shall be according to the skill, industry, and nature of the work performed by the inmate and shall be no more than twenty cents per hour, except that inmates who are assigned to Prison Enterprises' industrial, agricultural, service, or other programs may be compensated at a rate up to forty cents per hour and inmates who are Certified Academic Tutors and Certified Vocational Tutors may be compensated at a rate of up to one dollar per hour, in accordance with rules established by the secretary of the department and adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
B. This compensation may be paid from the following sources:
(1) Inmates who are assigned to any state agency which operates from self-generated revenues shall be paid from those self-generated revenues.
(2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Prison Enterprises Fund.
C. Inmates assigned to a certified Private Sector/Prison Industry Enhancement program shall be paid by either the private sector company or by Prison Enterprises in accordance with the operational model used. Such wages shall be subject to state and federal taxes and mandatory deductions required for a Private Sector/Prison Industry Enhancement program.
Acts 1956, No. 554, §§5, 8. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 312, §1; Acts 1986, No. 298, §1; Acts 1992, No. 687, §1; Acts 1995, No. 644, §1; Acts 2006, No. 87, §1; Acts 2009, No. 85, §1.