2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 15 — Criminal procedure
RS 15:848.5 — Use of other jail and prison facilities
§848.5. Use of other jail and prison facilities
A. No person shall be incarcerated overnight in Lincoln Parish except in the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. Other jail and prison facilities in Lincoln Parish may be used only to hold prisoners for court during the day, except by express consent of the commission.
B. For good cause, the commission may at any time use any jail or prison facility in the parish or any other jail or prison facility in the state for the purpose of keeping persons arrested for or convicted of crime in the parish.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 569, §1; Acts 2006, No. 489, §1.
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