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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 333 Restricts Prison Inmate Housing to Within 30 Miles of Conviction Parish or Home
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Sponsor: Edmond Jordan
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 333 prohibits the Department of Public Safety and Corrections from housing any inmate more than thirty miles outside the parish where their criminal offense occurred, where they were convicted, or where their primary residence is located.
The measure directly limits where state correctional facilities can place incarcerated individuals, restricting housing assignments to a maximum thirty-mile radius around specific geographic points tied to their case or home.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Public Safety and Corrections
The department is restricted from housing inmates further than thirty miles from specified geographic locations.
State adult penal or correctional institution inmates
Inmates' housing assignments are limited to facilities located within thirty miles of their conviction parish, offense parish, or home domicile.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 24, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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Geographic Restriction on Inmate Placement
The bill introduces a strict 30-mile geographic ceiling relative to an inmate's home or offense location for correctional housing assignments.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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