HLS 10RS-542 ORIGINAL
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 36
BY REPRESENTATIVE BALDONE
CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides with respect to the housing of certain prisoners
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:709(C), relative to prisoners; to provide for the housing of2
certain prisoners convicted and sentenced in another state; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:709(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
§709. Prisoners convicted in other states and housed in Louisiana7
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C. A private correctional facility may house prisoners prisoner convicted and9
sentenced by another state shall not be housed in a local jail or private correctional10
facility if the prisoners prisoner would not be classified as maximum custody by the11
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections classification procedure.12
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Baldone HB No. 36
Abstract: Prohibits maximum custody prisoners convicted and sentenced by another state
from being housed in local jails.
Present law provides that a prisoner convicted and sentenced by another state cannot be
housed in a private correctional facility if the prisoner is classified as a maximum custody
prisoner.
Proposed law retains present law and prohibits those maximum custody prisoners convicted
and sentenced by another state from being housed in local jails.
(Amends R.S. 15:709(C))