Title 15, Criminal Procedure
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La. Rev. Stat. § 15:641 Short title
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§641. Short title This Chapter may be referred to and may be cited as "The Trey Hutchison Act". Acts 2005, No. 163, §1, eff. June 28, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:642 Definitions
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§642. Definitions For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) "Bureau" means the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information as established in Chapter 6 of this Title. (2) "Offense against a peace officer…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:643 Registration of offenders who commit certain violent offenses
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§643. Registration of offenders who commit certain violent offenses A. Any adult residing in this state who has pled guilty to, has been convicted of, or where adjudication has been deferred or withheld for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of, or for the conspiracy to c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:644 Transmission of information to the bureau
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§644. Transmission of information to the bureau When a person who is required to register under the provisions of this Chapter is released from prison, or placed under parole, supervised release, or probation, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall inform the perso…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:645 Central registry
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§645. Central registry A. The bureau shall establish and maintain a central registry to collect and disseminate information regarding those offenders who are required to register in accordance with this Chapter. The bureau shall provide the information to all law enforcement agen…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:646 Failure to register; penalties
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§646. Failure to register; penalties A person who fails to register as required by this Chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both. Acts 2005, No. 163, §1, eff. June 28, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:647 Limitation of liability
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§647. Limitation of liability No person shall have a cause of action against a law enforcement agency or an employee thereof for any loss or damage caused by any act or omission resulting from the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter. This limitation shall not apply t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:651 Short title
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§651. Short title This Chapter shall be known as the "Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Persons Information Program". Acts 2006, No. 227, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:652 Legislative findings and objectives
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§652. Legislative findings and objectives The Legislature of Louisiana finds and declares that forensic anthropology combined with DNA data banks are important tools in criminal investigations and in the identification of unidentified human remains. It is the policy of this state…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:653 Definitions
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§653. Definitions For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "CODIS" means the Combined DNA Index System, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's national DNA identification index system that allows the storage and exchange of DNA recor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:654 Powers and duties of the F.A.C.E.S
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§654. Powers and duties of the F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory In addition to any other powers and duties conferred by this Chapter, the F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory shall: (1) Be responsible for the policy management and administration of the Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Per…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:655 Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Persons Information Program
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§655. Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Persons Information Program A. There is hereby established the Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Persons Information Program which shall be administered by the F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory. B. The Louisiana Reposito…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:656 F.A.C.E.S
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§656. F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory recommendations The F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory may recommend proposed legislation to the legislature regarding the collection and regulation of unidentified and missing persons information. In determining the need for any such recommendations, the F.A.C.E.S…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:657 Applicability of Chapter
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§657. Applicability of Chapter The provisions of this Chapter regarding the Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Persons Information Program administered by the F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory shall not be applicable to those unidentified human remains found within the state r…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:658 Collection of forensic anthropology samples from unidentified human remains and missing persons
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§658. Collection of forensic anthropology samples from unidentified human remains and missing persons A. Any law enforcement agency or other criminal justice agency located within the state shall submit all unidentified human remains found within the state to the F.A.C.E.S. Labor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:659 Procedures for conduct, disposition, and use of forensic anthropological analysis
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§659. Procedures for conduct, disposition, and use of forensic anthropological analysis A. The F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory shall prescribe procedures to be used in the collection, submission, identification, analysis, storage, and disposition of unidentified human remains samples submi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:660 Confidentiality of records
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§660. Confidentiality of records Unless otherwise provided, all medical records, dental records, DNA information, and associated DNA samples submitted to the F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory pursuant to this Chapter shall be confidential. Acts 2006, No. 227, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:661 Disclosure prohibited
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§661. Disclosure prohibited A. Any person, by virtue of employment or official position, or any person contracting to carry out any functions pursuant to this Chapter, including any officer, employee, or agent of such contractor, who has possession of or access to individually id…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:662 Criminal penalties
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§662. Criminal penalties A. Any person who violates R.S. 15:661(A) shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than six months, or both. B. Any person who knowingly violates R.S. 15:661(B) shall be fined not more than fi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:701 Cities to provide covered patrol wagons; use of uncovered vehicles prohibited; penalty
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§701. Cities to provide covered patrol wagons; use of uncovered vehicles prohibited; penalty All cities with a population of twenty thousand or more, shall provide covers or canopies for all vehicles owned, controlled, or employed by the city for the purpose of conveying prisoner…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:702 Maintenance of parish jails
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§702. Maintenance of parish jails The governing authority of each parish shall be responsible for the physical maintenance of all parish jails and prisons. In those parishes in which the governing authority operates the parish jail the governing authority shall pass all bylaws an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:703 Physician to be appointed for each parish; salary
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§703. Physician to be appointed for each parish; salary A. The governing authority of each parish shall appoint annually a physician who shall attend the prisoners who are confined in parish jails whenever they are sick. His salary shall be fixed by the governing authority. Any p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:704 Sheriff keeper of jail
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§704. Sheriff keeper of jail Each sheriff shall be the keeper of the public jail of his parish, and shall by all lawful means preserve the peace and apprehend all disturbers thereof, and other public offenders.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:705 Food and clothing provisions for prisoners; payment of incarceration expenses; payment of medical expenses; imposition of restitution on offenders
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§705. Food and clothing provisions for prisoners; payment of incarceration expenses; payment of medical expenses; imposition of restitution on offenders A.(1) The sheriffs or jailkeepers shall supply each prisoner daily with wholesome food sufficient in quantity for the proper ma…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:706 Transfer of prisoners to jail of another parish
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§706. Transfer of prisoners to jail of another parish A.(1) Whenever the jail of a parish is unsafe or unfit for the security of prisoners, or is held by judicial decree unfit for the detention of some or all of the inmates, or presents a security risk to a prisoner or other pris…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:707 United States prisoners to be kept in custody; compensation of sheriff
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§707. United States prisoners to be kept in custody; compensation of sheriff All the sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, and their deputies to whom any person shall be sent or committed by United States marshals or their deputies, under the authority of the United States, whether …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:708 Labor by prisoners permitted; workday release program; indemnification
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§708. Labor by prisoners permitted; workday release program; indemnification A.(1) Whenever a prisoner sentenced to a parish prison of any parish of the state, by any court of competent jurisdiction, or a prisoner in a parish prison awaiting transfer to a state correctional facil…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:709 Prisoners convicted in other states and housed in Louisiana
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§709. Prisoners convicted in other states and housed in Louisiana A. Except as provided by Part II-A of this Chapter, a prisoner convicted and sentenced to incarceration by a court in another state shall not be housed for the commission of that offense in a state correctional fac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:710 Exchange of prisoners between parishes
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§710. Exchange of prisoners between parishes The governing authorities of the various parishes composing any one judicial district may arrange with each other or among themselves for the transfer of prisoners from one parish to another in the same judicial district for the purpos…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:711 Work release program
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§711. Work release program A. The sheriff of each parish, and in Orleans Parish, the criminal sheriff, is hereby authorized to establish and administer a work release program for inmates of any jail or prison under his jurisdiction. In the event that the inmate is confined to a p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:711.1 Jefferson Davis work-release program
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§711.1. Jefferson Davis work-release program A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 15:711, and any other law to the contrary, the sheriff of the parish of Jefferson Davis is hereby authorized to establish and administer a work-release program for the inmates of any jail or pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:712 Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals participating in work release or workforce development work release programs administered by the sheriff
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§712. Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals participating in work release or workforce development work release programs administered by the sheriff A. No facility that provides housing or temporary residence for individuals who are participating in w…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:713 Medical expenses of prisoners in extraordinary circumstances
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§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, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:714 Letters of incarceration
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§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 docume…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:715 Reporting of escapes from parish prison facilities and jails
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§715. Reporting of escapes from parish prison facilities and jails A. The sheriff, the highest ranking employee of the sheriff's office, or the person acting on behalf of the sheriff who is physically present at and in charge of the parish prison or jail at the time of an escape …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:731 Short title
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§731. Short title This Part may be cited as the "Prison Inmate Training Reform Act". Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:732 Legislative findings and declaration
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:733 Prohibition of karate, judo, or other martial arts programs
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§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 a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:737 Title
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§737. Title This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Prison Reform Act of 1995". Acts 1995, No. 810, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:738 Minimum standard of living
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:739 Inmate blood and saliva testing
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§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 wi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:741 Short title
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§741. Short title This Part may be cited as the "Private Correctional Facilities Act". Acts 2007, No. 241, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:742 Definitions
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:743 Authority of private correctional facility employees
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§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 Correcti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:744 Title
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§744. Title This Part shall be known as the Safe Pregnancy for Incarcerated Women Act. Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:744.2 Restraint during second and third trimesters
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§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 appli…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:745 Short title
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§745. Short title This Part shall be known as the "Offender Reentry Support Act". Acts 2014, No. 342, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:745.1 Declaration of public policy
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§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 def…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:745.2 Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program; establishment; participating correctional
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§745.2. Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program; establishment; participating correctional institution; content; administration; implementation; reporting A. The "Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program" is hereby created and established within the Pointe Coupee Sheriff's Office. B…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:745.3 Advisory council; establishment; duties; membership
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§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 …