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ACT No. 137
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 827
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAZEL
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:110(B)(3) and (E) and to enact R.S. 14:110(B)(4), relative to2
escape; to provide relative to the crime of simple and aggravated escape; to expand3
the listing of prison facilities to include home incarceration; to provide for penalties;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 14:110(B)(3) and (E) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.7
14:110(B)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง110. Simple escape; aggravated escape 9
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B.11
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(3) A person participating in a home incarceration program under the13
jurisdiction and control of the sheriffs of the respective parishes who commits the14
crime of simple escape shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less15
than six months nor more than five years, and such sentence shall not run16
concurrently with any other sentence.17
(3)(4) A person imprisoned, committed, or detained who commits the crime18
of simple escape as defined in Paragraph A(1) (A)(1) of this Section shall be19
imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than two years nor more than five20
years; provided that such sentence shall not run concurrently with any other21
sentence.22
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E. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to all penal,24
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facilities under the control of the sheriffs of the respective parishes of the state of1
Louisiana. The prison facilities shall include but are not limited to parish jails,2
correctional centers, home incarceration, work release centers, and rehabilitation3
centers, hospitals, clinics, and any and all facilities where inmates are confined under4
the jurisdiction and control of the sheriffs of the respective parishes.5
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: