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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:713. Medical expenses of prisoners in extraordinary circumstances

RS 15:713 - Medical expenses of prisoners in extraordinary circumstances
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever circumstances, as provided herein, require a sheriff to transfer inmates to or from a parish prison or jail to a hospital or medical center, the state shall be responsible for and shall reimburse the appropriate authority for medical care incurred to attend such prisoners, including the payment of all costs when hospitalization is required, when all of the following occur:
(1) The governor declares by executive order or proclamation pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act (R.S. 29:721 et seq.) a disaster or emergency encompassing the parish prison where the inmate was incarcerated.
(2) The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College declares that the state hospital operated as part of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, which typically provides the medical care to inmates in that parish, has been rendered inoperable and is unable to provide medical treatment to those inmates.
B. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to appropriation by the legislature.
Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 62, §1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:714. Letters of incarceration

RS 15:714 - Letters of incarceration
A. Any person who was or is confined in any prison, jail, work release facility, or correctional institution or who was or is under probation or parole supervision is entitled to receive, upon request, a letter of incarceration which provides documentation, verification, or proof of the person's confinement in the prison, jail, work release facility, or correctional institution or supervision while on probation or parole.
B. A request for a letter of incarceration shall be made by the person to the prison, jail, facility, or institution where the person was confined or to the person's local office of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole. A request for a letter of incarceration providing proof of probation and parole supervision shall be made by the person to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole.
C. A letter of incarceration requested pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be issued no later than seven days after the date of receipt of the request.
D. A letter of incarceration issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall contain, at a minimum, the name of the person who was or is confined or under supervision, the dates of incarceration or supervision, the admit date and release date, and the last location of incarceration.
Acts 2020, No. 108, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:732. Legislative findings and declaration

RS 15:732 - Legislative findings and declaration
The legislature finds that through inmate exercise programs, including karate, judo, and other types of martial arts, inmates are drastically improving their physical strength. The safety of law enforcement and correctional officers who guard and have contact with these inmates on a daily basis is being put at a greater and unnecessary risk. The safety of the public at large, as well as law enforcement personnel, may be put in increased jeopardy or increased physical risk upon an inmate's release because of the released prisoner's enhanced physical condition and training. It is therefore the intent of the legislature, for the protection of the public safety and for the protection of law enforcement and correctional personnel, to prohibit karate, judo, or martial arts programs of any form within jails, prisons, correctional facilities, juvenile facilities, temporary holding centers, halfway houses, or detention centers.
Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:733. Prohibition of karate, judo, or other martial arts programs

RS 15:733 - Prohibition of karate, judo, or other martial arts programs
A. No person who is incarcerated by a court of law and is being detained in any jail, prison, correctional facility, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, halfway house, or detention facility shall have access to or use of any of the following programs, whether the programs are supported by state or local funds, or provided by incarcerated volunteers or employees or outside donations or volunteers:
(1) Karate.
(2) Judo.
(3) Martial arts of any form.
B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an inmate from participating in basketball, jogging, stationary bicycling, calisthenics supervised by correctional staff, and other forms of physical activities which correctional facility personnel approve.
Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:738. Minimum standard of living

RS 15:738 - Minimum standard of living
No incarcerated state prisoner, whether before trial, during trial or on appeal, or after final conviction, who is housed in any jail, prison, correctional facility, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, or detention facility within the state shall have a standard of living above that required by the constitutions of the United States and the state of Louisiana, as ordered or interpreted by the appropriate courts of last resort, or by the standards set by the American Correctional Association. It is the intention of this legislature that, to the extent permitted by law, no inmate shall have a standard of living better than the state poverty level. Citizens should not be worse off economically and living in conditions that are below those granted to inmates whose living standards are being paid for and subsidized by the hard-working and law-abiding people of the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1995, No. 810, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:739. Inmate blood and saliva testing

RS 15:739 - Inmate blood and saliva testing
A.(1) Any incarcerated prisoner, whether before trial, during trial, pending appeal, or after final conviction, who is housed in any jail, prison, correctional facility, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, or detention facility within the state and who bites another person; spits or throws feces, urine, blood, saliva, or any other form of human waste or bodily fluid directly on another person; or causes, through contact, bleeding or exposure of flesh of another person in such a manner that the contact may cause the other person to contract an infectious disease, shall submit to a test designed to determine whether the incarcerated prisoner is infected with a sexually transmitted disease, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV-1 antibodies, or any other probable causative agent of AIDS, viral hepatitis, or other infectious disease. Each incarcerated prisoner who is involved in an incident shall be deemed to be an offender and shall be subject to testing.
(2) The procedure or test shall be performed by a qualified physician or other qualified person who shall report any positive result to the chief administrator of the jail or correctional facility, if the offender is incarcerated, and shall also notify the offender, regardless of the results. If the offender is incarcerated, the test may be administered at the place of incarceration or the offender may be transferred to an appropriate testing facility and returned to incarceration following the testing procedure.
B.(1) If the offender tested under the provisions of Subsection A tests positive for a sexually transmitted disease, or AIDS, HIV, HIV-1 antibodies, or any other probable causative agent of AIDS, viral hepatitis, or other infectious disease, upon request, he shall be provided with the following services:
(a) Counseling regarding HIV, viral hepatitis, or other infectious disease.
(b) Referral to appropriate health care and support services.
(2) These services shall be provided in accordance with applicable state law and the regulations governing the specific programs under which the services are to be provided.
(3) The costs associated with this testing shall be paid by the offender.
C. Any person who is involved in or witnesses an incident provided for in Subsection A of this Section may notify by affidavit the chief administrator of the jail or correctional facility that an incident provided for in Subsection A of this Section has occurred and the administrator shall order the testing, as provided in this Section, of each incarcerated prisoner who was involved in the incident.
Acts 1997, No. 1399, §1; Acts 2010, No. 110, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:742. Definitions

RS 15:742 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Part:
(1) "Correctional facility employee" means any employee of any jail, prison, or correctional facility.
(2) "Private correctional facility" means a correctional facility owned and operated by a private entity.
Acts 2007, No. 241, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:743. Authority of private correctional facility employees

RS 15:743 - Authority of private correctional facility employees
Any correctional facility employee who is employed by the operator of a private correctional facility and who has met the employment and training requirements set forth in the applicable standards of the American Correctional Association shall have full authority to perform his duties and responsibilities under law, including but not limited to exercising the use of force in the same manner and to the same extent as would be authorized if he were employed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in a similar capacity.
Acts 2007, No. 241, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15: 744.1. Legislative findings

§744.1. Legislative findings
A. The legislature hereby finds that restraining a pregnant woman can pose undue health risks to both the woman and the fetus.
B. The vast majority of female prisoners or detainees in Louisiana are non-violent offenders.
C. Restraining pregnant prisoners and detainees increases the potential for physical harm from an accidental trip or fall.
D. Freedom from physical restraints is especially critical during labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery after delivery. Women often need to move around during labor and recovery, and restraints can further interfere with medical staff's ability to appropriately assist in childbirth or to conduct emergency procedures.
E. Public health organizations have expressed opposition to shackling pregnant women because of the dangers posed to a woman's health and well-being.
Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:744.2. Restraint during second and third trimesters

RS 15:744.2 - Restraint during second and third trimesters
Whenever a prison operator or employee has actual or constructive knowledge that a prisoner is in the second or third trimester of pregnancy the prison operator shall ensure all of the following:
(1) The type of restraint applied and the application of the restraint shall be done in the least restrictive manner necessary.
(2) An electronic restraint belt shall never be used on the prisoner.
(3) The prisoner shall never be handcuffed behind the back.
(4) The prisoner shall never be restrained using leg irons.
(5) The prisoner shall never be placed in a face down position.
Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15: 744.3. Restraint during childbirth

§744.3. Restraint during childbirth
A. Restraints shall not be used on a pregnant prisoner while she is in labor and during delivery unless a member of the medical staff orders therapeutic restraints for a prisoner who, due to a psychiatric or medical disorder, is a danger to herself, her child, her unborn child, or other persons. For purposes of this Section, "therapeutic restraints" shall not include metal handcuffs or shackles.
B. No restraints shall be used on a prisoner known to be pregnant during any pregnancy-related medical distress, or while she is being transported to a medical facility or the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women for delivery or any pregnancy-related medical distress, or during postpartum recovery, unless there are compelling grounds to believe that the prisoner presents either of the following:
(1) An immediate and serious threat of physical harm to herself, staff, or others.
(2) A substantial flight risk and the prisoner cannot be reasonably contained by other means.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section:
(1) If the doctor, nurse, or other health professional treating the prisoner requests, based on his or her professional medical judgment, that restraints not be used, the prison staff accompanying the prisoner shall immediately remove all restraints.
(2) If restraints are used on the prisoner, the type of restraint applied and the application of the restraint shall be done in the least restrictive manner necessary.
(3) Under no circumstances shall waist restraints be used on any prisoner during transportation to a medical facility or postpartum recovery.
Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15: 744.4. Monitoring

§744.4. Monitoring
Consistent with established policy and practice, it shall be the duty and responsibility of the prison operator to provide adequate personnel to monitor a pregnant prisoner during transport to and from a medical facility and during the prisoner's stay at the medical facility. Such personnel shall have the ability to release any restraint should a release from restraint become medically necessary.
Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15: 744.5. Definitions

§744.5. Definitions
For purposes of this Part:
(1) "Labor" means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix. The determination of when labor has commenced shall rest solely with the medical providers of the prisoner.
(2) "Postpartum" means the period following delivery before a prisoner or detainee has been discharged from a medical facility.
(3) "Prison" means any state or local jail, prison, or other correctional facility that incarcerates or detains juveniles or adults accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for violations of criminal law.
(4) "Prison operator" means the warden, the parish sheriff, the governing authority of those parishes in which the governing authority operates the parish jail, or the private entity which operates the facility in which the prisoner is housed.
(5) "Prisoner" means any person subject to incarceration, detention, or admission to any prison who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for a violation of criminal law or the terms or conditions of parole, probation, pretrial release, or a diversionary program, and includes any person detained under the immigration laws of the United States at any correctional facility. A person's status as a "prisoner" is determined as of the time the cause of action arises. Subsequent events, including post trial judicial action or release from custody, shall not affect such status.
(6) "Restraint" or "physical restraint" means any physical hold or mechanical device used to control the movement of a prisoner's body and limbs, including, but not limited to, shackles, flex cuffs, soft restraints, hard metal handcuffs, a black box, Chubb cuffs, leg irons, belly chains, a security tether or chain, or a convex shield.
Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15: 744.7. Recordkeeping and retention

§744.7. Recordkeeping and retention
A. The prison operator authorizing the use of restraints on a pregnant prisoner pursuant to this Part shall, within ten days of the use of restraints, make a written record of the use of restraints, which record shall include the type of restraint used, the circumstances that necessitated the use of restraints, and the length of time that restraints were used.
B. The prison operator shall retain this written record for a minimum of five years and shall make the record available for public inspection with individually identifying information redacted from the record unless the prisoner who is the subject of the record gives prior written consent for the public release of the record. The written record of the use of restraints shall not constitute a medical record for purposes of state or federal law.
Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15: 744.8. Return to prison

§744.8. Return to prison
After childbirth or any pregnancy-related medical distress and upon return to the prison, the prisoner may, upon her request, have a member of the prison's medical staff present during any "strip search", "visual body cavity search", or "body cavity search" as defined by department rules and regulations.
Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:745.1. Declaration of public policy

RS 15:745.1 - Declaration of public policy
A. The goals of incarceration in the criminal justice system are as follows:
(1) To protect the citizens of the state of Louisiana.
(2) To punish conduct which is defined as criminal by the legislature.
(3) To deter future conduct which is defined as criminal by the legislature.
(4) To rehabilitate offenders so that they may be reintroduced into society as law-abiding citizens.
B. The legislature recognizes that when ex-offenders return to their communities and families, they face numerous challenges to their successful reentry into the community. Among these challenges, the most difficult to overcome are the barriers to employment.
C. It is the intention of the legislature that this Part will provide opportunities to break the cycle of criminal recidivism, increase public safety, and assist the growing population of criminal offenders reentering the community to establish a self-sustaining life through opportunities in employment.
D. The legislature hereby declares that it shall be the public policy of this state to promote initiatives that will provide ex-offenders with the support and services necessary to allow them to find employment and make healthy connections with their families and communities. Such initiatives can help ex-offenders to become productively engaged with their communities, to work and support their families, and thus make both their communities safer and their families economically secure.
E. The legislature further recognizes the excellence that the standardized reentry programs developed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections have had on the successful reentry of many ex-offenders into their communities. As a result of these successes, the legislature believes that it is equally important to replicate such programs in local and regional correctional facilities where statistically larger numbers of offenders are released each year.
F. The sheriff of Pointe Coupee Parish has already initiated a reentry project at the Pointe Coupee Detention Center through a public-private venture. The legislature believes that establishing a pilot program at this local facility would be an efficient use of available resources.
G. In balancing the legitimate needs of law enforcement agencies and the desire to facilitate reentry opportunities to individuals who have paid their debts to society, the Legislature of Louisiana enacts the provisions of this Part and authorizes the sheriff for the parish of Pointe Coupee to implement a pilot program which shall be called the "Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program".
Acts 2014, No. 342, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:745.3. Advisory council; establishment; duties; membership

RS 15:745.3 - Advisory council; establishment; duties; membership
A. To assist with the creation, development and implementation of the "Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program", the sheriff shall create and appoint members to an advisory council. The council will assist the sheriff in the formulation of offender reentry strategies for the design of inmate education, treatment, and rehabilitation programs to provide sufficient skills to offenders that will likely result in their successful employment and reentry into their communities, reducing their chances of returning to prison after release.
B. The programs shall be developed after evaluation and identification of the specific needs for reentry services within the detention center. The advisory council shall monitor these programs for their effectiveness and the outcomes achieved as they relate to such strategies. The sheriff may use any necessary resources of state and local agencies, academic institutions, and other research organizations to develop the strategies.
C. The advisory council's membership shall be from the region served by the sheriff's office and shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two representatives having managerial and business experience.
(2) A representative from the Greater Pointe Coupee Chamber of Commerce.
(3) Representatives from each of the educational and training institutions in the region.
(4) Three representatives from community service organizations.
(5) Representatives from any state and local agencies relevant to addressing the pre-release and post-release needs of offenders.
Acts 2014, No. 342, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:763. Procedure upon failure to comply with the provisions of this Part

RS 15:763 - Procedure upon failure to comply with the provisions of this Part
Whenever the governing authority of any parish or municipality or the authority in charge of any state prison, lockup, or camp shall fail to comply with the provisions of this part, the state health officer shall institute through the attorney general of the state, or through the district attorney of the district wherein the prison, lockup or camp is situated, proper legal proceedings to enjoin, restrain and prohibit the parish or municipal governing authority, or the authorities in charge of the state prison or camp from using the prison, lockup or camp for the purpose of confining prisoners until the provisions of this part have been complied with.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 600, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:764. Parish jail overcrowding; state of emergency

RS 15:764 - Parish jail overcrowding; state of emergency
A. If the prisoner population of a parish jail exceeds the rated design capacity of the parish jail for seven consecutive days, the sheriff of that parish shall certify that fact in writing, by first class mail or personal delivery, to each district, municipal and traffic court judge in the parish, to the district attorney and the chief of police of any municipality within the parish, and to the senior official of the parish governing authority. If this condition exists for seven consecutive days after notification of said officials, the sheriff shall declare a parish jail overcrowding state of emergency and shall notify such officials.
B. After the declaration of emergency is made in accordance with Subsection A of this Section, the sheriff may reduce overcrowding in the parish jail by any or all of the following means:
(1) The substitution of appearance tickets or summons for booking at the parish jail and the release or furlough of pre-trial arrestees, based on factors included in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 317 and on any other factors related to public safety or the likelihood of court appearance, however only persons charged with violations of municipal ordinances which are nonviolent offenses shall be eligible for such release.
(2) The furlough of individuals who have been convicted under municipal ordinance for nonviolent offenses who are within one year of release.
Acts 1988, No. 556, §1; Acts 1990, No. 397, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:771. Purpose and policy

RS 15:771 - Purpose and policy
The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment, and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment, and rehabilitation of offenders with the most economical use of human and material resources.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:772. Definitions

RS 15:772 - Definitions
As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution.
(2) "Institution" means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to a facility for persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability, in which inmates as defined in this Section may lawfully be confined.
(3) "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had.
(4) "Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.
(5) "State" means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:773. Contracts

RS 15:773 - Contracts
A. Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for the following:
(1) The duration of the contract.
(2) Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs, or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance.
(3) Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom.
(4) Delivery and retaking of inmates.
(5) Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities, and rights of the sending and receiving states.
B. The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract entered into under the terms of the compact and the provisions of this Part, and nothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent with the compact or the provisions of this Part.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:775. Receiving state review of sending state acts; extradition

RS 15:775 - Receiving state review of sending state acts; extradition
A. Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but if at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an institution in the receiving state there is pending against the inmate within such state any criminal charge or if the inmate is formally accused of having committed within such state a criminal offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment, or detention for such offense. The duly accredited officer of the sending state shall be permitted to transport inmates pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this compact without interference.
B. An inmate who escapes from an institution in which he is confined pursuant to this compact shall be deemed a fugitive from the sending state and from the state in which the institution escaped from is situated. In the case of an escape to a jurisdiction other than the sending or receiving state, the responsibility for institution of extradition or rendition proceedings shall be that of the sending state, but nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to prevent or affect the activities of officers and agencies of any jurisdiction directed toward the apprehension and return of an escapee.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:776. Federal aid

RS 15:776 - Federal aid
Any state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use in connection with any institution or program, the use of which is or may be affected by this compact or any contract pursuant thereto. Any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compact may participate in any such federally aided program or activity for which the sending and receiving states have made contractual provision. However, if such program or activity is not part of the customary correctional regimen, the express consent of the appropriate official of the sending state shall be required therefor.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:777. Effectiveness

RS 15:777 - Effectiveness
This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the states so acting when it has been enacted into law by any two states. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective and binding as to any other of such states upon similar action by such state.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:778. Withdrawal and termination

RS 15:778 - Withdrawal and termination
This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a party state until it enacts legislation repealing the compact and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party states. An actual withdrawal shall not take effect until one year after the notices provided in the statute have been sent. Such withdrawal shall not relieve the withdrawing state from its obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal. Before the effective date of withdrawal, a withdrawal state shall remove to its territory, at its own expense, such inmates as it may have confined pursuant to the provisions of this compact.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:779. Other arrangements unaffected

RS 15:779 - Other arrangements unaffected
Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or impair an agreement or other arrangement which a party state may have with a nonparty state for the confinement, rehabilitation, or treatment of inmates, nor to repeal any other laws of a party state authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:780. Construction and severability

RS 15:780 - Construction and severability
A. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
B. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections is authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular.
Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:801. Creation of multiparish prisons

RS 15:801 - Creation of multiparish prisons
The governing authority of one or more parishes may create a multiparish prison whenever they shall, by joint resolution, deem it to be to the best interest of the parish or parishes involved.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 461, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:802. Title of multiparish prison

RS 15:802 - Title of multiparish prison
The multiparish prisons shall be known by the name of the parish in which the prison is domiciled, i.e., Ouachita Area Multiparish Prison.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 461, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:803. Organization and powers

RS 15:803 - Organization and powers
A. Every prison shall be a political corporation, with power to sue and be sued and shall be governed by a board of governors. The multiparish prison shall be domiciled at the parish seat in one of the parishes designated by the board of governors. It shall be sued at its domicile and service of all legal documents shall be made on the president or secretary of the board of governors.
B. Every multiparish prison may acquire title to property, real and personal, for public purposes by purchase or donation; may own, operate or maintain prison farms and other public works and may operate the farms or other public works in whole or in part with prison labor and persons sentenced to multiparish prisons by the courts.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 461, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:804. Board of governors

RS 15:804 - Board of governors
A. The board of governors shall be composed of each sheriff and one member of each of the governing authorities appointed by the governing authority of each parish within the multiparish prison area.
B. The president of the board of governors shall be the sheriff of the parish in which the prison is domiciled. The president of the board of governors shall be the administrator of the multiparish prison. The appointed member of the governing authority of the parish where the multiparish prison is domiciled shall be the secretary of the board and the parish treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer.
C. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §2.
D. The members of the board of governors other than the sheriffs shall be paid the same mileage and per diem in going to or returning from any regular or special meeting as is now paid to the members of the governing authorities of the parishes within the multiparish prison area, but they shall not receive pay for more than twelve meetings during any one year.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 521, §1; Acts 1970, No. 461, §1; Acts 1972, No. 631, §1; Acts 1980, No. 233, §1; Acts 1991, No. 122, §1; Acts 2001, No. 724, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:806. Budget and revenues

RS 15:806 - Budget and revenues
A. The governing authorities of the parishes within the multiparish prison area shall appropriate, in proportion to the assessed valuation of the property of the parishes, an amount annually which, when added to the revenues of the multiparish prison will be sufficient to properly conduct the multiparish prison and to provide the necessary operational equipment. The first budget shall equal the amount expended for the keeping, feeding, and clothing of prisoners in each prison during the previous year and thereafter the annual budget shall be estimated on the basis of the budget of the preceding year.
B. The revenues derived from farming or other operations shall be applied to the operation of the multiparish prison. Any surplus revenues of the multiparish prison not needed for the succeeding calendar year may be paid into the general fund of the governing authorities of the parishes composing the multiparish prison area in proportion to the assessment of the parishes as shown by the last filed assessment roll of each.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 461, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:807. Municipalities may send prisoners to multiparish prisons for confinement

RS 15:807 - Municipalities may send prisoners to multiparish prisons for confinement
A. A municipality, whenever it so desires, may have prisoners convicted by the municipal courts of violations of municipal ordinances sentenced to work on or be confined at the multiparish prison upon agreement by the governing authority of the municipality and the governing authorities of the parish farm for the charges and expenses of keeping the prisoners.
B. The governing authority of a municipality may enter into a contract with the governing authorities of a multiparish prison to determine the costs to be paid by the municipality to the multiparish prison for the keeping of prisoners. The charges shall be determined by mutual agreement.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 461, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:808. Prisoners confined in multiparish prisons

RS 15:808 - Prisoners confined in multiparish prisons
All persons convicted of misdemeanors and felonies punishable with or without hard labor may be confined in the multiparish prisons, and in misdemeanor cases, may be ordered to participate in a court-approved workday release program as provided for in R.S. 15:708.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 461, §2; Acts 1986, No. 704, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:809. Preexisting facilities

RS 15:809 - Preexisting facilities
The sheriff of a parish already the domicile of a prison facility may make the prison facilities under his jurisdiction available to one or more parishes on a per prisoner fee basis. The prison facilities shall in no way come under the requirement of this Part.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 461, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:810. Preexisting facilities operated by parish governing authorities

RS 15:810 - Preexisting facilities operated by parish governing authorities
In any parish in which there is presently located a prison, correctional institute or any other type of prison facility which is operated by the governing authority of the parish, the governing authority may make the said prison facilities under its jurisdiction and operation available to one or more other parishes on a per prisoner fee basis.
When any such parish governing authority does exercise its option to make any such prison facility so available, then the said prison facility shall not in any way come under the requirements of this part but it will be a multiparish prison, particularly for the purpose of receiving and working persons sentenced to imprisonment in said multiparish prison and such sentencing is hereby authorized for all misdemeanors and all offenses which are not capital and which are not necessarily punishable at hard labor.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 237, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:811. Inmate contact with persons outside of parish or multiparish prison; temporary release or furlough

RS 15:811 - Inmate contact with persons outside of parish or multiparish prison; temporary release or furlough
A. The sheriff of each parish prison and the administrator of each multiparish prison may authorize visits and correspondence under reasonable conditions, between an inmate and approved friends, relatives, and other persons. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the sheriff or administrator may authorize the temporary release of an inmate only for serious illness or death of a member of the inmate's family or for an interview of the inmate by a prospective employer. For purposes of this Section an inmate is a person serving a sentence pursuant to a court judgment.
B. The sheriff or administrator may authorize a furlough to an inmate of a parish or multiparish prison. Such a furlough is intended as a rehabilitative tool to assist an inmate in maintaining family relationships during his incarceration.
C. An inmate sentenced to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who is in the custody of the sheriff shall not be eligible for a furlough unless that inmate is in compliance with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections standards for such a furlough.
D. Failure to promptly report to destination or return from temporary release or furlough shall be considered an escape under the provisions of R.S. 14:110.
E. Except in cases of serious illness or death of a member of the inmate's family, or for an interview of the inmate by a prospective employer in which case the inmate may be released only in security escort with Department of Public Safety and Corrections authorized personnel, any inmate who has been convicted of first degree murder (R.S. 14:30), second degree murder (R.S. 14:30.1), aggravated or first degree rape (R.S. 14:42), attempted aggravated or first degree rape (R.S. 14:27 and 42), forcible or second degree rape (R.S. 14:42.1), aggravated kidnapping (R.S. 14:44), aggravated arson (R.S. 14:51), armed robbery (R.S. 14:64), attempted murder (R.S. 14:27 and 29), attempted armed robbery (R.S. 14:27 and 64), producing, manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing or possession with intent to produce, manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled dangerous substance classified in Schedule I or Schedule II of R.S. 40:964, and persons sentenced as habitual offenders under R.S. 15:529.1, shall be ineligible for temporary release or furloughs as provided for herein, except during the last six months of their terms.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 510, §2; Acts 1985, No. 786, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:821. Louisiana Department of Corrections; created; transfer of functions; functions of department

RS 15:821 - Louisiana Department of Corrections; created; transfer of functions; functions of department
In order to merge and consolidate into one department under authority of Section 32 of Article III of the Constitution of Louisiana, the executive and administrative offices, boards and commissions whose duties are of a similar nature or character there is hereby created and established the Louisiana Department of Corrections. The Louisiana Board of Institutions and the Department of Institutions are hereby merged and consolidated into the Louisiana Department of Corrections, and the functions of said board and department shall be transferred to the Louisiana Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as "the department". The functions of the department shall comprise administrative functions of the state now or hereafter authorized by law to be exercised in relation to the administration, management and operation of all state institutions for the care, custody and correction of persons sentenced for felonies or misdemeanors.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 192, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:821.1. Louisiana Department of Corrections; domicile

RS 15:821.1 - Louisiana Department of Corrections; domicile
The domicile of the department of corrections and its divisions shall be the parish of East Baton Rouge, city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 108, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:824.1. Deputy marshals, town of Jackson; Department of Corrections to provide funds

RS 15:824.1 - Deputy marshals, town of Jackson; Department of Corrections to provide funds
The Department of Corrections, out of its appropriated funds, shall annually allocate fifteen thousand dollars to the governing authority of the town of Jackson, for use solely to provide funds for the employment of two additional deputy marshals to provide extra law enforcement in and around the town of Jackson made necessary by reason of the location of Dixon Correctional Institute.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 698, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:824.2. Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund

RS 15:824.2 - Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund
A. The Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury. Interest earned on the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. Unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the close of each fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be appropriated, administered, and used solely and exclusively for the purposes provided by this Section.
B. The fund shall be comprised of all monies appropriated, donated, or otherwise made available to provide funding for the purposes set forth in the provisions of this Section. Any funds realized from a reduction in the amount of time a person convicted of a crime of violence is required to serve prior to being eligible for parole consideration as provided for in R.S. 15:574.4(B) shall also be appropriated to the fund. All of such monies required to be deposited in the state treasury in accordance with Article VII, Section 9(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be deposited in the fund after first meeting the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.
C. Monies in the fund shall be appropriated and used for the following purposes:
(1) To defray the operational expenses of probation and parole and reentry initiatives.
(2) To assist in establishing and reimbursing the operational expenses of local corrections rehabilitative programs that do the following:
(a) Provide inmates housed in local facilities with fundamental resources in the areas of employment, life skills training, and job placement.
(b) Provide the inmates with access to as many support services as possible to appreciably increase the likelihood of successful reentry into society and to reduce recidivism.
D. The fund shall be administered by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, hereinafter referred to as "the administrators". Monies in the fund shall be distributed to probation and parole, reentry initiatives, and local prison facilities through a grant program established by the administrators. The administrators shall allocate funds as necessary for the purposes provided in Subsection C of this Section. The administrators shall promulgate such rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary in administering the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2016, No. 509, §4.