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§827.3. Savings attributable to criminal justice reforms; data collection and reporting
requirements to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
A.
(1)At the end of each fiscal year, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
shall calculate the annual savings realized as a result of criminal justice reinvestment
legislation enacted in the 2017 Regular Session of the Legislature and thereafter.
(2)Each fiscal year, the annual savings shall be allocated as follows:
(a)Fifteen percent shall be allocated to the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections to award incentive grants to parishes, judicial districts, and nonprofit community
partner organizations to expand evidence-backed prison alternatives and reduce admissions
to the state prison system.
(b)Ten percent shall be allo
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§827.3. Savings attributable to criminal justice reforms; data collection and reporting
requirements to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
A.(1) At the end of each fiscal year, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
shall calculate the annual savings realized as a result of criminal justice reinvestment
legislation enacted in the 2017 Regular Session of the Legislature and thereafter.
(2) Each fiscal year, the annual savings shall be allocated as follows:
(a) Fifteen percent shall be allocated to the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections to award incentive grants to parishes, judicial districts, and nonprofit community
partner organizations to expand evidence-backed prison alternatives and reduce admissions
to the state prison system.
(b) Ten percent shall be allocated to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement
and the Administration of Criminal Justice to award competitive grants for victim services,
including but not limited to victim safety assessments and safety planning, trauma-informed
treatment and services for victims and survivors, shelters and transitional housing for
domestic violence victims and their children, batterers' intervention programming, and
victim-focused education and training for justice system professionals.
(c) Forty-five percent shall be allocated to the Louisiana Community and Technical
College System for targeted investments in educational and vocational training aimed at
recidivism reduction programming for adult and juvenile offenders. Such funds shall be
utilized in connection with any other available sources of federal or state aid or training
funds. The Louisiana Community and Technical College System shall provide a report to
the legislature by December fifteenth of each year which shall include but not be limited to
the following:
(i) A detailed description of the number of people trained categorized by age, race,
gender, and geographic region.
(ii) A detailed description of the credentials issued.
(iii) The average expenditure per student trained.
(iv) The percentage of the eligible population who participated in training.
(d) Fifteen percent shall be allocated to the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board
to administer and operate the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program as provided in R.S.
15:951.
(3) Amounts allocated each year pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection shall
be deemed a bona fide obligation of the state.
B.(1) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall submit a report
regarding savings attributable to criminal justice reinvestment legislation to the Joint
Legislative Committee on the Budget in the month of July of each year.
(2) The report shall include all of the following:
(a) The total annual savings and the calculation used to determine the savings
pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.
(b) The amounts allocated pursuant to this Section and a description of how the
funds were used in the immediately preceding fiscal year and each prior fiscal year through
Fiscal Year 2014-2015 and how the Department of Public Safety and Corrections plans to
use the funds in the current fiscal year.
(c) A comparison of the number of individuals eligible for educational and
vocational programming, the number of participants in educational and vocational
programming, and the total amount expended on the programming from justice reinvestment
funds and any additional sources of funds for the immediately preceding fiscal year and each
prior fiscal year through Fiscal Year 2014-2015.
(d) A comparison of recidivism rates for individuals receiving community-based
services, individuals receiving educational and vocational programming, and individuals
receiving a combination of community-based services and educational and vocational
programming for the immediately preceding fiscal year and each prior fiscal year through
Fiscal Year 2014-2015.
(e) A comparison of post-incarceration employment rates for individuals who
received educational and vocational programming for the immediately preceding fiscal year
and each prior fiscal year through Fiscal Year 2014-2015.
(3) The department shall provide information required pursuant to this Subsection
for all offenders in state facilities, offenders sentenced to the Department of Public Safety
and Corrections who are in the custody of the sheriff or other local governing authority, and
youth in the custody or under supervision of the office of juvenile justice.