Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 22 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part III - Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice
Subpart 2 - Minimum Jail Standards
Chapter 33 - Inmate Management
Section III-3301 - Intake Reception

A. No person who is unconscious, seriously injured, or violently disturbed shall be received for booking without written authorization from a licensed physician.

B. New arrivals shall be processed according to written intake procedures and shall be held separate from the inmate population until completion of these procedures.

C. New arrivals shall be given a written itemized receipt for all personal property taken from them at time of admission.

D. Inmates shall be provided an opportunity to consult with bailbonding and pretrial release agencies as soon as the booking process is completed.

E. New arrivals shall receive written and oral information about facility rules, procedures, programs and policies, and shall have access to a translator if English is not understood.

F. New arrivals may be housed in individual intake holding cells for a maximum of 48 hours before being classified and transferred to an appropriate housing area.

G. Special holding provisions shall be made for persons requiring detoxification, additional safety measures and isolation.

H. New and renovated holding cells shall house no more than eight inmates and provide a minimum of 30 square feet of floor space per person.

I. Single occupancy intake holding cells shall have a floor area of at least 50 square feet.

J. Space shall be provided for all booking and intake areas and functions.