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urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:846
citation: "R.S. 15:846"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 7 › Part III-B"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1974, number: 690, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1985, number: 447, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Prisoners

Any person convicted of misdemeanors and felonies not necessarily punishable by hard labor may be confined in the center. A judge of the Seventh Judicial District shall have full authority to sentence any party convicted of such offenses in the Seventh Judicial District to imprisonment in the center.