Work Release Center

 Currently located in downtown Lafayette for over past 5 years.  Operated and staffed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week by specially trained staff.  Housing consists of 190 male beds and 16 female beds that are physically separated by sight and sound of each other. About Our Facility

 To increase long term community protection by returning offenders back into society as productive citizens with employment, cash savings, and the skills to maintain a responsible lifestyle by providing the opportunity to re-establish dignity and self-esteem and to facilitate the transition back into the community as a responsible adult. Work Release Program Mission

 A residential alternative to incarceration which allows offenders to be released from the LPCC and housed at the Work Release Center.  State sentenced, Parish sentenced, and pre-trial offenders may participate if approved.  All participants are expected to maintain employment and pay all program fees, obligations, and expenses from such employment. Work Release Program Description

Work Release Program Challenges  Limited bed space within the LPCC is decreasing the availability of potential participants.  The aging physical plant of the facility is increasingly problematic.  Other programs throughout the state with single large- scale isolated incidents resulting in heavy oversight by Department of Public Safety & Corrections.  Limited bed space within the LPCC is decreasing the availability of potential participants.  The aging physical plant of the facility is increasingly problematic.  Other programs throughout the state with single large- scale isolated incidents resulting in heavy oversight by Department of Public Safety & Corrections.

Work Release Residents

Work Release Participant Earning

Completions vs. Removals

 $11,233,177 participant earnings from employment  $93,490 in health care expense related taxpayer savings  $69,899 in court ordered restitution payments from participants’ earnings  $212,175 in court ordered child support payments from participants’ earnings  872 successful program completions  $3,362,375 in savings immediately available to participants upon return to society Work Release Program Stats

 Revise Security Staff work schedule to 12hr shift model.  Develop a system to provide consistent yet random offender work site checks.  Develop a system to provide consistent yet random offender drug-screening Work Release Goals