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HB 84 Original 2018 Regular Session Havard
Abstract: Authorizes the use of inmates to perform necessary labor for certain construction projects
at any administrative building or facility which provides management or support services to
penal or correctional facilities.
Present law authorizes the governor, upon determining that it is appropriate and in furtherance of the
rehabilitation and training of inmates, may, by executive order, authorize the use of inmates of a
penal or correctional facility owned by the state of Louisiana for necessary labor in connection with
a particular capital construction project on the grounds of the facility, when certain cost requirements
are met.
For purposes of present law, "penal or correctional facility" means any location at which inmates are
housed on a permanent basis.
Proposed law retains present law but extends the governor's authority to authorize the use of inmates
to perform necessary labor for certain projects at any administrative building or facility which
provides management or support services to the penal or correctional facility, including the
headquarters of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
(Amends R.S. 15:832.1(A)(1))