Case Study: Lafourche Parish Louisiana Sheriff's Department Work Release Program

A number of years ago the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Department, State of Louisiana, instituted a new program to assist prisoners nearing release to transition back into society. This vehicle requires that inmates pay for their room and board while they learn work skills in industries, such as, shipbuilding, oil field services, food preparation, kitchen management and municipal water/wastewater treatment operations. Inmates are housed in a facility separate from other correctional institutions and they are responsible for filling meaningful positions in many phases of the program. The program is fully controlled by the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Louisiana Department of Corrections.