---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:808
citation: "R.S. 15:808"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 7 › Part III"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1970, number: 461, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1986, number: 704, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
---

# Prisoners confined in multiparish prisons

All persons convicted of misdemeanors and felonies punishable with or without hard labor may be confined in the multiparish prisons, and in misdemeanor cases, may be ordered to participate in a court-approved workday release program as provided for in R.S. 15:708.