Title 15, Criminal Procedure
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La. Rev. Stat. § 15:85.2 Posting of criminal bonds in parishes of Iberia, St
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§85.2. Posting of criminal bonds in parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin; fee assessed A. A fee of twelve dollars shall be assessed for every criminal bond posted in the parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin. Any person seeking release by means of a criminal bond i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:85.3 Posting of criminal bonds; Denham Springs Marshal's Office; additional fee assessed
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§85.3. Posting of criminal bonds; Denham Springs Marshal's Office; additional fee assessed A. An additional fee of twenty dollars shall be assessed for every criminal bond posted in the city court of Denham Springs. This fee shall be in addition to any other fees or fines as prov…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.1 Establishment; purpose and title
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.11 Establishment; purpose and title
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.12 Organization and powers
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§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 b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.13 Commission members
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§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 m…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.14 Powers and duties of commission
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§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 not…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.15 Funding for operation and maintenance of Jackson Parish Detention Center
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§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 incar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.16 Use of other jail and prison facilities
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.17 Superintendent and corrections officers
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.2 Organization and powers
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§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 dom…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.3 Union Parish Detention Center Commission members
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.4 Powers and duties of commission
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§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 o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.5 Funding for operation and maintenance of Union Parish Detention Center
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§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 incarcerat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.6 Use of other jail and prison facilities
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§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 expres…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.7 Superintendent and corrections officers
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§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 sup…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:851 Repealed by Acts 1980, No
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§851. Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 496, §1, eff. July 22, 1980
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:852 §§852 to 854 Repealed by Acts 1979, No
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§852. §§852 to 854 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:855 Road, street, highway, right of way maintenance and litter removal, weed cutting, drug free school zone sign posting, and solid waste recycling programs by convict labor; indemnification
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§855. Road, street, highway, right of way maintenance and litter removal, weed cutting, drug free school zone sign posting, and solid waste recycling programs by convict labor; indemnification A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 15:1111, the wardens of state correctional fa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:855.1 §§855.1 to 855.4 Repealed by Acts 1985, No
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§855.1. §§855.1 to 855.4 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 114, §2, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:856 Repealed by Acts 1979, No
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§856. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:857 Chaplains; access to inmates
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§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 chapla…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:858 Catholic priest for penitentiary; method of appointment; access to inmates
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:859 Inmate spiritual and guidance services; leasing of property
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§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 nonprof…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:86 Forfeiture of cash, checks, or securities and discharge of the bail undertaking
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§86. Forfeiture of cash, checks, or securities and discharge of the bail undertaking A. When the court declares a forfeiture of cash, a check, a negotiable bond, or a money order which has been deposited as bail, the court shall order the disposition of such security in satisfact…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:86.1 Unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner
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§86.1. Unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any sheriff having possession or control of cash bail bonds which have been discharged and which remain unclaimed for more than three years, or which belong to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:86.2 City Court of Thibodaux; unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner
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§86.2. City Court of Thibodaux; unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the City Court of the city of Thibodaux having in its control or possession cash bail bonds which have been discharged and which remai…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:86.3 City courts: unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner
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§86.3. City courts: unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any city court having in its control or possession cash bail bonds which have been discharged and which remain unclaimed for more than three years…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:860 Right of inmate to decline medical treatment
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§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 tre…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:861 Repealed by Acts 1976, No
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§861. Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 373, §3
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:862 Officials and employees not to be personally interested in contracts; penalty
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:863 Repealed by Acts 1978, No
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§863. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 569, §2, eff. July 12, 1978
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:864 Trespass on state prison property prohibited; penalty; exceptions
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§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 v…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:865 Solitary confinement abolished
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§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 Subsec…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:866 Payment to released prisoners
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§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 twent…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:866.1 Transportation for released prisoners
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§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 el…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:866.2 Disposition of abandoned property of discharged inmates
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§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 ni…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:867 Compensation for damage or injury occasioned by escape
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§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 prope…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:867.1 Search teams; appointment and duties; training
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§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 t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:868 Appointment of attorney to represent inmates; fees
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:869 Repealed by Acts 1979, No
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§869. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:87 Repealed by Acts 2010, No
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§87. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 914, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:870 Work assignments not to be refused; overtime
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:871 Inmates eligible for compensation
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§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 Pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:872 Repealed by Acts 1978, No
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§872. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 312, §2
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:873 Rate of inmate compensation; source of funding
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:874 Compensation account
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§874. Compensation account The inmate's compensation account shall be handled and accounted for as follows: (1) Each foreman of inmates shall keep an accurate daily record, on forms provided, of the skill and industry of each inmate at his work and the time spent at such work. Th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:875 Imposition of restitution on offenders; procedures
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§875. Imposition of restitution on offenders; procedures A.(1) Restitution may be obtained by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections from an offender who damages or destroys property, steals property that is not recovered or is damaged, causes or attempts to cause injury…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:88 Appearance bond defined
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§88. Appearance bond defined The term "appearance bond" shall be taken and intended to mean every bail bond, recognizance, or other obligation, or deposit of cash, checks, negotiable bonds, or money orders, made or taken to secure the appearance of any person before any court; bu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:89 Prescription of forfeiture judgment; revival; prescription by limitation of prosecution
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§89. Prescription of forfeiture judgment; revival; prescription by limitation of prosecution A. Every judgment decreeing the forfeiture of any appearance bond, and every mortgage resulting from the recordation of such judgment, shall be prescribed by the lapse of ten years from t…