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ANALYSIS OF LOUISIANA PRISON SYSTEM1Main Office: 720 Kearney St.
Denver, CO 80220 Ph. 303-399-3218 www.JFA-Associates.comWendy
Naro-WareOctober20122
Louisiana vs. United States4KEY INDICATORSUnited
StatesLouisianaSTATE POPULATION Total Population
(7/1/11)311,591,9174,574,836 10-year change (7/1/01
7/1/11)9%3%CRIME RATE (2010 Rate per 100,000) Total3,345.504,197
Violent403.6549 Property2,941.903,648 10-year change
(2000-2010)-19%-23%PRISON POPULATION Total Inmates (State Prisons
Only) 20121,402,62440,460 10-year change (2011-2012) 13%13% State
Incarceration Rate 2011 (per 100,000 pop)504853 Inmates by Crime
Type Violent53%49% Drug18%23% Property19%20% % Of State Inmates In
Local Jails (2012)6%55%PAROLE POPULATION (2010)717,06626,202 Rate
per 100,000 Adult Population307767PROBATION POPULATION
(2010)4,032,81143,913 Rate per 100,000 Adult
Population1,7111,2855
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PRISON ADMISSIONS PER POPULATION AND ARRESTSUS VS.
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Prison Releases by Earning Class & Length of Stay 2011
New LegislationHouse Bill 994 increases the amount of diminution
of sentence allowed from 35/30 goodtime days per month to 1 and a
half good time days eared for every one day served. Projected to
save ~4,000 beds in previous projected bedspace assessment. House
Bill 1026 decreases the amount of time required for offenders
convicted of a 2nd felony before being eligible for parole release.
Prior to the law, offenders convicted of a felony for the 2nd time
were eligible for parole release at 50% of sentenced served. Under
HB 1026, these offenders will be eligible for releases at 33%
sentenced served. Offenders convicted of a crime of violence, a sex
crime or as habitual offender are not eligible for parole.
Projected to save ~550 beds in previous projected bedspace
assessment.House Bill 228 allows for CTPPT credits to be earned by
habitual, non-sex and non-violent offendersHouse Bill 543 and SB
321 allow for more parole eligibility for life offenders.House Bill
1068 waives the mandatory minimum serving time for non-violent,
non-sex offenders.
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Population Growth Drivers Low use of probation/increasing use of
prisonSuggestions:Increased supervision options/componentsJudicial
consensus/education meetingsLarge number of revocations returned to
prisonSuggestions: Supervision graduated sanctions matrix Earned
goodtime on supervisionLow proportion of people released via
paroleSuggestions:Expedited parole case review 6 months prior to
eligibilityParole release risk instrument18Nevada AB 510Bill
ComponentsIncreasing in monthly goodtime eligibilityIncrease in
lump sum credit eligibilityGoodtime credits count toward faster
parole eligibilityDay for day credit eligibility while on
supervision Parole risk release instrument and board
trainingResults (4 years post implementation)13.7% decrease in new
court commitments to prison12% decrease in violators admitted to
prisonParole board release rate increase from 57% to 63%Prison
population decrease 4.2%
19Arkansas ACT 57020Bill ComponentsIncreased sentencing
guidelines departure reportingReassessment of drug weight and
property amountsIntermediate sanction grid for supervision
violatorsDay for day credit eligibility while on supervision Parole
risk release instrument/parole release from jailResults (6 months
post implementation)8.6% decrease in commitments to prison30%
decrease in parole violators admitted to prison15% decrease in
probation violators admitted to prisonParole board release rate
increase from 43% to 52%Average prison sentence length decrease 8.4
months70% and 50% violent offender admissions decrease 34.5%7.1%
decrease in prison population
Goodtime Earning Class & Offense TypeNAverage LOS (mos.)
33% Time Until Eligible4,28018.2
Drug1,68212.7
Non-violent1,89210.5
Violent70652.0
50% Time Until Eligible4,83421.0
Drug2,07518.0
Non-violent2,06914.6
Violent69049.3
No Parole6,14524.2
Drug2,40921.4
Non-violent3,01520.0
Violent72150.9
85% Time Until Eligible1,66737.2
Drug0-
Non-violent0-
Violent1,66737.2
No category21-
Total16,94723.1
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