RS 849.1 - Organization and powers
A. The Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, hereinafter referred to as the "department", shall be a political subdivision with power to sue and be sued.
B. The department may acquire title to movable property for public purposes by purchase or donation, may operate or maintain prison farms, and may operate or maintain the farms in whole or in part with prison labor and persons sentenced to the department by city, parish, or district courts.
C. Except only as hereinafter specifically provided, all persons lawfully incarcerated in Terrebonne Parish shall be incarcerated with the department subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the commission.
Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.