SLS 20RS-553 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 327
BY SENATOR BARROW
PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT. Provides for certain records and transcripts to be
provided to the inmate upon release from incarceration. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:571.23, relative to probation, parole, or completion of sentence; to provide
3 for certain records and transcripts to be provided to the inmate; to provide for terms
4 and conditions; to provide for retention of records; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:571.23 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง571.23. Record provided to inmate upon release
8 A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon release of
9 an inmate due to completion of sentence, probation, or parole, the inmate shall
10 be provided with a record of the following during his incarceration: good time
11 earned, work history, courses taken by him inclusive of grades earned, and
12 programs and certifications completed. The record shall include any official
13 educational or vo-tech transcripts of courses by the inmate during
14 incarceration.
15 B. The department shall verify the authenticity of the record provided
16 to the inmate.
17 C. The department shall maintain a copy of the record provided to the
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1 inmate for a period of not less than five years. During such time, the inmate
2 may obtain an additional copy of the record and may authorize the department
3 to provide a copy of the record to a specified third party.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Margaret M. Corley.
DIGEST
SB 327 Original 2020 Regular Session Barrow
Proposed law that upon release of an inmate due to completion of sentence, probation, or
parole, the inmate shall be provided with a record of the following during his incarceration:
good time earned, work history, courses taken by him, inclusive of grades earned, and
programs and certifications completed. Also provides that the record shall include any
official educational or vo-tech transcripts.
Proposed law that the La. Dept. of Corrections (department) shall verify the authenticity of
the record provided to the inmate.
Proposed law that the department shall maintain a copy of the record provided to the inmate
for a period of not less than five years. During such time, the inmate may obtain an
additional copy of the record and may authorize the department to provide a copy of the
record to a specified third party.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Adds R.S. 15:571.23)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.