Richardson v. Rees’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “A. The director of the Louisiana Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish and carry out, outside the main restraining wall or structure but within the exterior boundary of the correctional facilities at Angola, St. Gabriel and Dequincy, demonstration type projects involving the employment of inmates of such institutions; provided, however, that such projects shall not be conducted within one mile of any residential zone as so designated by the local governing authority. Such projects shall also provide for the provision of supportive services to inmates of the demonstration institutions, such as training, education, counseling, and the like. Such projects so established shall be known as Louisiana Restitution Industries. In establishing such projects, the director of the Louisiana Department of Corrections is authorized to enter into agreements, by contract, under the public bid laws of the state of Louisiana, with any private person, pursuant to which such person shall be authorized to establish, by construction, lease, or otherwise, facilities outside the main restraining wall or structure but within the exterior boundaries of such penal or correctional institutions for the purpose of carrying out industrial or other operations herein authorized. Such persons and company employees, excluding inmates, must be of good moral character. Such employment within such institutions of inmates shall, however, be on a voluntary basis. B. Any such agreement shall con”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 814 So. 2d 752 - Jones v. Shaheen

2. “A. The secretary of the Department of Corrections shall establish various rates of compensation as an incentive to inmates incarcerated in state correctional facilities. The rates shall be accord ing to the skill, industry and nature of the work performed by the inmate and shall be no more than twenty cents per hour and no less than two cents per hour. [[Image here]]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 814 So. 2d 752 - Jones v. Shaheen