2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 32
BY SENATOR FOIL
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to allow public
download of the monthly Report of the Offender Census at Local Correctional
Facilities and the underlying census data used to populate the informational
dashboards presented on the department's website in a downloadable Microsoft Excel
format.
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections actively gathers census
data relating to Louisiana's prison population; and
WHEREAS, the department uses the gathered census data to compile the Report of
the Offender Census at Local Correctional Facilities monthly; and
WHEREAS, the Report of the Offender Census at Local Correctional Facilities
contains data relating to the number of persons housed in local facilities managed by parish
and municipal governments; and
WHEREAS, the Report of the Offender Census at Local Correctional Facilities
contains data relating to the number of persons being housed by the department on behalf
of other agencies including United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United
States Marshals Service, persons sentenced to parish prisons, and pre-trial detainees in
facilities operated by the department and in local facilities managed by parish and municipal
governments; and
WHEREAS, the department maintains a publicly available website; and
WHEREAS, the department uses the gathered census data to populate multiple
informational dashboards on its website; and
WHEREAS, the department has the ability to allow visitors to its website to
download the data used to generate both the Report of the Offender Census at Local
Correctional Facilities and the informational dashboards from the website in Microsoft
Excel format; and
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WHEREAS, the information contained in both the monthly Report of the Offender
Census at Local Correctional Facilities and the data presented on the department's website
is public record; and
WHEREAS, the department already provides the data used to generate both the
Report of the Offender Census at Local Correctional Facilities and the informational
dashboards in response to public records requests.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to publish the census data
used to generate both the Report of the Offender Census at Local Correctional Facilities and
the informational dashboards on the department's website as downloadable files in Microsoft
Excel format.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if available, the data used to generate the Report
of the Offender Census at Local Correctional Facilities include a breakdown of the number
of persons housed on behalf of other agencies, including United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, the United States Marshals Service, persons sentenced to parish
prisons, and pre-trial detainees.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
James M. LeBlanc, secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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