NCJ Number
91668
Date Published
Unknown
Length
212 pages
Annotation
This study examined alternative strategies to reduce the pressure to spend vast new sums on corrections in Louisiana, to provide cost-effective protection to the public while minimizing risk, to provide effective and constitutional strategies for dealing with offenders, and to develop a flexible policy for managing and controlling the growth of the correctional system.
Abstract
It recommends the following legislative action to be taken in the 1978 legislative session: appropriate the sum of $658,950 to implement three pilot corrections programs and expand the Department of Corrections resources in the areas of planning, training, and community relations. The three pilot programs recommended examine alternative means for dealing with continued prison population growth. The expansion of Department of Corrections resources is deemed vital to the successful implementation of the three pilot programs. These recommendations represent a transitional strategy that will enable the corrections system to move in the direction that best meets the future needs of the State. Maps, tables, and charts are provided. Appended are study and reference materials. The bibliography contains approximately 50 entries.