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HB 529 Original 2020 Regular Session Duplessis
Abstract: Provides for the issuance of letters of incarceration upon request of any person who was
or is confined in any correctional institution or who was or is under probation or parole
supervision.
Proposed law provides that any person who was or is confined in any prison, jail, work release
facility, or correctional institution or who was or is under the supervision of the division of probation
and parole is entitled to receive, upon request, a letter of incarceration which provides
documentation, verification, or proof of the person's confinement in the prison, jail, work release
facility, or correctional institution or supervision while on probation and parole.
Proposed law provides for the procedure by which such requests shall be made and provides that a
requested letter shall be issued no later than five days after the date of receipt of the request.
Proposed law requires certain information to be provided in a letter of incarceration including the
name of the person who was or is confined or under supervision, the dates of incarceration or
supervision, the length of time served, the location of the incarceration, and the offense or offenses
for which the person was confined or under supervision. Proposed law further provides that upon
specific request of the person seeking the letter of incarceration, the letter may also include
information regarding the person's conviction history and security status or classification status at
the time of release.
(Adds R.S. 15:714)