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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 444
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROSALIND JONES
CORRECTIONS: Provides limitations on the number of inmates participating in work
release programs
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:711(A) and to enact R.S. 15:1111.1, relative to work release2
programs; to provide limitations on inmates who can participate in certain work3
release programs; to provide for the adoption of rules establishing the maximum4
capacity of work release participants for each correctional facility; and to provide for5
related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 15:711(A) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 15:1111.1 is8
hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
§711. Work release program10
A. The sheriff of each parish, and in Orleans Parish, the criminal sheriff, is11
hereby authorized to establish and administer a work release program for inmates12
who are residents of the parish within his jurisdiction, or an adjoining parish, and13
who are sentenced to confinement in of any jail or prison under his located in that14
jurisdiction. In the event that the inmate is confined to a parish correctional facility15
not operated by the sheriff, then the superintendent of the correctional facility is16
hereby authorized to establish and administer a work release program for inmates of17
the correctional facility under his jurisdiction, and where the word sheriff is used18
herein it shall also mean superintendent of the correctional facility wherein the19
inmate is confined.20
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§1111.1. Work release programs; rules; limitations1
A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall adopt rules to2
provide for establishment of the maximum capacity of inmates to be placed on work3
release at each correctional facility throughout the state.4
B. The department shall take into consideration the following factors in5
developing the rules:6
(1) The population of the parish where the correctional facility is located.7
(2) Likelihood of successful job placement and opportunity upon completion8
of work release and release from incarceration.9
(3) The availability of training facilities, instructors, and the number of10
inmates eligible to participate in work release programs.11
(4) The financial stability, business integrity, and other economic factors of12
the community where the correctional facility is located.13
(5) The economic feasibility of the operation of the work release program.14
(6) Any other criteria deemed relevant by the department.15
(7) The reduction in recidivism by participation in the program.16
C. The department shall adopt the rules provided for by this Section in17
consultation with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.18
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)]
Rosalind Jones HB No. 444
Abstract: Provides for limitation on work release programs and establishment of the
maximum capacity of work release participants for each correctional facility.
Present law provides for work release programs administered by sheriffs and DPS&C.
Proposed law retains the provisions of present law and provides that work release inmates
participating in sheriff's work release shall be residents of the parish within his jurisdiction,
or an adjoining parish.
Proposed law provides that DPS&C shall adopt rules to provide for establishment of the
maximum capacity of inmates to be placed on work release at each correctional facility
throughout the state. HLS 10RS-1088 ORIGINAL
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Proposed law further provides that the department shall take into consideration the following
factors in developing the rules:
(1)The population of the parish where the correctional facility is located.
(2)Likelihood of successful job placement and opportunity upon completion of work
release and release from incarceration.
(3)The availability of training facilities, instructors, and the number of inmates eligible
to participate in work release programs.
(4)The financial stability, business integrity, and other economic factors of the
community where the correctional facility is located.
(5)The economic feasibility of the operation of the work release program.
(6)Any other criteria deemed relevant by the department.
(7)The reduction in recidivism by participation in the program.
Proposed law further provides that the department shall adopt the rules provided for by
proposed law in consultation with the La. Commission on Law Enforcement.
(Amends R.S. 15:711(A); Adds R.S. 15:1111.1)