Report To The Louisiana Commissioner Of Administration & The Joint Legislative Committee On The Budget Regarding Calculated Savings Realized From Criminal Justice Reform For Fiscal Year 2018

This report was released on July 9, 2018, by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C). This is the department's first report outlining savings from criminal justice reform measures designed by the Pew Charitable Trusts and passed by the state legislature in 2017. Savings for fiscal year 2018 totaled $12.2 million, doubling Pew’s original projections of $6.1 million . . .