The five-year recidivism rate for the total DPS&C population, while still high, is an improvement from the five-year recidivism rate in 2008 (48 percent), when the Department began focusing on standardizing and expanding reentry programming as well as utilizing evidence-based programs and policies to drive decision-making. Within five years, nearly 43 percent of people who are released from prison will return to prison, either for violating the conditions of their supervised release or for committing a new crime(s). Many face challenges of finding a place to live, finding employment, and accessing services and programs that will assist them in successfully reintegrating into their communities. Each year, approximately 18,000 people release from state prisons and jails to communities across Louisiana. Roughly 50 percent of the people serving prison sentences are assigned to state correctional facilities, while the other half are assigned to local-level jails and transitional work programs. As of December 31, 2015, Louisiana’s the number of adults in prison stood at 36,377, with 72,176 under probation and/or parole supervision. When only incarcerated adults (18 and older) are considered, the incarceration rate rises to 1072 people incarcerated per 100,000 residents in Louisiana compared with 612 people incarcerated for every 100,000 residents nationally. In 2013, Louisiana ranked 5th nationally among states in highest violent crime rate, 3rd highest poverty rate, and 4th lowest in percentage of adults with a high school diploma.Īccording to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Louisiana’s incarceration rate is the highest in the nation per capita, 816 people incarcerated per 100,000 residents compared to 471 people incarcerated per 100,000 residents nationally.
According to a 2009 Pew study, 1 in 26 Louisiana adults are under correctional control, compared to 1 in 31 nationally. For the last 15 years, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections has been working to reduce its incarceration rate, currently highest in the nation per capita.
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