§ 15:574.21 — Parole risk assessment pilot program; statistical system; agency cooperation; rules

Louisiana § 15:574.21

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 15: Criminal Procedure

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§574.21. Parole risk assessment pilot program; statistical system; agency cooperation; rules
promulgation
A. The Board of Parole shall establish a parole risk assessment pilot program which
shall incorporate risk assessment analysis into the parole decision making process. The risk
assessment analysis shall be designed to enhance objectivity and consistency in the parole
decision making process. The program shall include the development of objective parole
criteria consisting of statistical evaluation of the threat to society posed by parole candidates
based on past patterns of recidivism.
B. The board shall utilize in the program, an offender risk assessment scoring system
designed to measure the threat of risk of new criminal activity in general and the specific
threat of new violence.
C. The pilot program shall conclude on April 15, 1995, unless the legislature extends
this date or establishes a similar program prior to that date. The Board of Parole shall report
annually to the legislature on the progress of the program, with such information on the
impact of the use of objective criteria on the parole rate, prison population levels, and public
protection as may be available from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice.
D. Contingent upon the availability of funding, the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of
Criminal Justice shall provide the necessary resources, including clerical and administrative
personnel, required by the committee on parole to establish, implement and evaluate the risk
assessment pilot program. Specifically, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections,
the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice,
the Louisiana Sentencing Commission, and the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification
and Information shall provide technical assistance to the committee on parole, and shall
make available all facts, records, information, data and data processing assistance required
by the committee.
E. The committee on parole is hereby authorized to promulgate rules necessary to
effectuate this Subpart.

Legislative History

Acts 1990, No. 411, §1; Acts 2012, No. 714, §8.