Title 15, Criminal Procedure
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La. Rev. Stat. § 15:745.4 Back on Track Louisiana Pilot Program; establishment
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§745.4. Back on Track Louisiana Pilot Program; establishment A. Subject to the availability of funds and appropriate resources, the sheriff of each parish is hereby authorized to establish and administer a Back on Track Louisiana Pilot Program for inmates of any jail or prison un…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:751 Repealed by Acts 2014, No
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§751. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:752 §§752 to 759 Repealed by Acts 1982, No
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§752. §§752 to 759 Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 623, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:760 Hospital quarters
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§760. Hospital quarters Where large numbers of prisoners are confined the proper authorities in charge shall provide hospital quarters with necessary arrangement, conveniences, attendants, etc.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:761 Repealed by Acts 1982, No
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§761. Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 623, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:762 Repealed by Acts 1982, No
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§762. Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 623, §1
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:763 Procedure upon failure to comply with the provisions of this Part
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§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 s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:764 Parish jail overcrowding; state of emergency
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§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 delive…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:771 Purpose and policy
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§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 o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:772 Definitions
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:773 Contracts
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§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) T…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:774 Procedures and rights
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§774. Procedures and rights A. Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, which has entered into a contract pursuant to R.S. 15:773, shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another part…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:775 Receiving state review of sending state acts; extradition
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:776 Federal aid
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§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 pa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:777 Effectiveness
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§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 b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:778 Withdrawal and termination
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:779 Other arrangements unaffected
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§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 othe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:780 Construction and severability
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§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 Stat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:801 Creation of multiparish prisons
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§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.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:802 Title of multiparish prison
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§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.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:803 Organization and powers
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§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. I…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:804 Board of governors
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:805 Powers and duties of board of governors
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§805. Powers and duties of board of governors The board of governors: (1) May inaugurate, conduct, and carry on farming vocational training programs, and other operations on behalf of the prison on property owned or leased by the prison for these purposes. (2) Shall keep an accur…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:806 Budget and revenues
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§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 wil…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:807 Municipalities may send prisoners to multiparish prisons for confinement
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:808 Prisoners confined in multiparish prisons
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:809 Preexisting facilities
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:81 Bond for release for violation of municipal ordinances; parole or release of prisoners;
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§81. Bond for release for violation of municipal ordinances; parole or release of prisoners; penalty A. At the earliest practicable time after arrest of a person imprisoned or detained for violation of any ordinance of any village, town, city, or municipality, an order admitting …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:810 Preexisting facilities operated by parish governing authorities
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§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 ma…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:811 Inmate contact with persons outside of parish or multiparish prison; temporary release
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§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 an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:82 Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail; forfeiture; sureties
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§82. Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail; forfeiture; sureties A. A guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which a fidelity and surety company has become surety as provided in Subsection B of this Section, when posted by the person whose signature appears…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:821 Louisiana Department of Corrections; created; transfer of functions; functions of department
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:821.1 Louisiana Department of Corrections; domicile
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§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.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:822 Repealed by Acts 1981, No
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§822. Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 873, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 1981
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:823 Repealed by Acts 2014, No
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§823. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:824 Commitment of persons to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
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§824. Commitment of persons to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any individual subject to confinement in a state adult penal or correctional institution shall be committed to the Department of Public Safety a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:824.1 Deputy marshals, town of Jackson; Department of Corrections to provide funds
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§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 f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:824.2 Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:825 Repealed by Acts 2014, No
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§825. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:825.1 Appointment of ex-officio notaries at state correctional institutions; scope of powers
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§825.1. Appointment of ex-officio notaries at state correctional institutions; scope of powers A. The secretary of corrections may designate, at each unit under the jurisdiction of the department, employees of the department to serve as ex-officio notaries public. All acts perfor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:825.2 Special agents; appointment; carrying weapons
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§825.2. Special agents; appointment; carrying weapons A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall be authorized at his discretion to appoint special agents. These agents shall be appointed from employees who have attained the rank of sergeant or Prob…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:825.3 Criminal history review
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§825.3. Criminal history review No operator, staff person, or employee of a juvenile detention, correction, or treatment facility shall be hired by the department until such person has submitted his fingerprints to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:826 Services performed by department
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§826. Services performed by department A. The department shall furnish a staff for the committee on parole, and if such personnel are available, upon the request of any court of this state having criminal jurisdiction shall furnish probation and parole services for such court. B.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:827 Duties of Department of Public Safety and Corrections
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§827. Duties of Department of Public Safety and Corrections A. In addition to other duties imposed upon the department it shall be the duty of the department to: (1) Establish programs of research, statistics, and planning, which shall include but not be limited to studies of the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:827.1 Reentry preparation program; establishment
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§827.1. Reentry preparation program; establishment A. It is the intent of the legislature to provide persons released from incarceration with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections with certain fundamental resources in the areas of employment, life skills training, and j…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:827.2 Data collection and reporting requirements; report to criminal justice committees
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§827.2. Data collection and reporting requirements; report to criminal justice committees A.(1) In addition to other duties imposed upon the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, it shall be the duty of the department, in conjunction with the Louisiana Commission on Law En…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:827.3 Savings attributable to criminal justice reforms; data collection and reporting
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§827.3. Savings attributable to criminal justice reforms; data collection and reporting requirements to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget A.(1) At the end of each fiscal year, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall calculate the annual savings realized …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:827.4 Establishment of Medical Advisory Council
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§827.4. Establishment of Medical Advisory Council A. The Medical Advisory Council to the secretary is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall consist of the medical directors from each state prison facility and the department medical direct…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:828 Classification and treatment programs; qualified sex offender programs; reports;
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§828. Classification and treatment programs; qualified sex offender programs; reports; earned credits A.(1) Persons committed to and in the physical custody of the department shall be treated in a humane manner, and the department shall direct efforts toward the rehabilitation of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:828.1 Prison rehabilitation pilot program; establishment; participating correctional institutions; content; administration; implementation; reporting
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§828.1. Prison rehabilitation pilot program; establishment; participating correctional institutions; content; administration; implementation; reporting A. The "Prison Rehabilitation Pilot Program" is hereby created and established within the Department of Public Safety and Correc…