Louisiana

TOTAL CORRECTIONS POPULATION (2011, except ^a 2009, ^b 2010)
Total Incarcerated, Prison and Jail	71,576
Prison Population	39,709
Jail Population	31,867^b
Prison Incarceration Rate (per 100,000)	865
Jail Incarceration Rate (per 100,000)	704^b
Probation Population	41,916
Parole Population	27,640
Life Sentences (% of Prison Population)	4,161 (10.9%)^a
Life without Parole (% of Prison Population)	4,161 (N/A)^a
Juveniles Serving Life without Parole	228

GENDER-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2011)
Males in Prison	37,325
Females in Prison	2,384

RACE/ETHNICITY-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2005)
White Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000)	523
Black Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000)	2,452
Hispanic Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000)	244

RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION (2005)
Black: White Ratio	4.7:1
Hispanic: White Ratio	0.5:1

FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT (2010)
Disenfranchised Population (% of State Population)	111,894 (3.3%)
Disenfranchised African Americans (%)	70,301 (6.8%)
Disenfranchised in Prison and Jail	43,093
Disenfranchised on Parole	26,202
Disenfranchised on Probation	42,599
Disenfranchised Post-Sentence	Eligible to vote

STATE CORRECTIONS EXPENDITURES (In Millions) (2012)

$848

State Contacts: Louisiana

Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
1600 Orteha C. Haley Blvd. New Orleans LA 70113
phone: (504) 522-5437
fax: (504) 522-5430
http://www.jjpl.org

Marjorie R. Esman
ACLU of Louisiana
PO Box 56157 New Orleans LA 70156
phone: (504) 522-0617
fax: (504) 897-6281

http://www.laaclu.org

Norris Henderson
V.O.T.E.
3301 Chartres Street New Orleans LA 70117
phone: (504) 943-1901

http://www.vote-nola.org

Robert Roberts
Project Return
51 Yosemite Drive New Orleans LA 70131
phone: (504) 452-5585
fax: (504) 988-1019

http://www.projectreturn.com

Checo Yancy
LOUISIANA-CURE
P.O. Box 181 Baton Rouge LA 70821
phone: (225) 270-5245
fax: (225) 246-8731

http://www.curelouisiana.org