RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
SCR 11 2020 First Extraordinary Session Reese
Requests:
(1) The division of administration, Department of Public Safety and Corrections,
corrections services (DOC), La. Workforce Commission, Louisiana Community and
Technical College System (LCTCS), and private businesses in the state recognize the
value that justice-involved persons can bring to the workforce and society, and act
with intention to empower, train, and employ such individuals.
(2) The people of Louisiana recognize that justice-involved persons are doing essential
work in response to COVID-19, many justice-involved persons are essential workers
responding to COVID-19.
(3) The DOC and the La. Workforce Commission align on Job Skill Training programs
provided by the LCTCS and Industry Based Certification Programs offered in DOC
prisons in order to remove licensing barriers or open pathways to licensure for
justice-involved persons, both during and after incarceration.
(4) The DOC continues its work on Reentry Accountability Plans (ReAP), a result of the
Louisiana Prisoner Reentry Initiative (LA-PRI), which provides evidence-based
guidance to justice-involved persons, corrections services staff, the courts, Parole
Board, probation and parole, local jails, and community resource partners.
(5) The DOC continues working with community resource partners and utilizes
technology to facilitate contact with prospective employers and incarcerated persons
prior to their release.
(6) The allocation of state general fund dollars and JRI savings continue and expand the
DOC's Reentry Initiatives and Programs in its facilities and incentivize sheriffs with
those local facilities with which it contracts to expand their reentry initiatives and
evidence-based transitional employment programs to all state prisoners.
(7) The La. Workforce Commission and DOC create evidence-based transitional
employment opportunities for returning citizens and encourage connections between
Louisiana businesses and reentry organizations through increased awareness of the
commission's bonding capacity and tax credits for businesses which hire
justice-involved persons.
(8) The La. Workforce Commission partners with business trade organizations to
increase awareness of incentives offered to businesses hiring justice-involved
persons.
(9) Louisiana employers hire justice-involved persons who are referred by established
reentry organizations.
(10) The division of administration to prioritize and seek to fund reentry initiatives with
any future allotments of federal funding related to the COVID-19 pandemic.