SB373

Provides relative to state inmates housed in a parish jail or institution and establishes criteria for additional per diem funding. (gov sig)

Introduced·2/27/26
Ment Text

Louisiana SB373 establishes criteria for additional per diem funding for state inmates housed in parish jails and creates a pilot program for.

Louisiana SB373 amends existing law to establish criteria for additional per diem funding for state inmates housed in parish jails. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections must pay a daily sum to each parish sheriff or governing authority for housing inmates. Any subsequent increase in the daily sum is contingent upon compliance with basic jail guidelines, safety and sanitation laws, and criteria established by the department. The bill also creates the "Transitional Workforce and Vocational Training Pilot Program" within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

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Current
Judiciary B Committee
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Committee decision

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History

Mar 9

Senate

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

Feb 27

Senate

Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.