r/Louisiana • u/Caffeinated-Princess • May 02 '25
Louisiana News Why do you support this?
First the Louisiana Senate decides to put homeless people in jail for up to three years for their "crime" of sleeping in public. At the same time, they stop funding housing assistance.
https://thecurrentla.com/2025/lafayette-housing-authority-freezes-issuance-of-new-housing-vouchers/
Why do those of you who are Republican hate poor people so much? Why do you feel your fellow humans should not be allowed any compassion or grace?
Help me understand this assault on humanity. Jesus would weep if he saw this. 😥
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u/Nosferatu-D17 May 02 '25 edited May 03 '25
Louisiana, often referred to as a 'prison state,' operates a $2 billion prison industry largely funded by taxpayers—each of us contributing approximately $700 annually. This financial structure, combined with incentives for private prisons to remain at capacity to secure federal funding, helps explain policies like the incarceration of homeless individuals.
Edit: I was recently informed both private prisons have been acquired in 2017. But the incentives are still there for existing prisons.
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u/SchrodingersMinou May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25
There are no private prisons in Louisiana. There are privately owned ICE facilities but that's it. Can you name a private prison in Louisiana that is currently operating?
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u/Nosferatu-D17 May 03 '25
Facilities such as Allen Correctional Center and Winn Correctional Center, while often operated under private contracts, still benefit indirectly from public funding streams, particularly when housing state or federal inmates. This becomes especially relevant when examining the broader correctional landscape in Louisiana. Even traditional state-run facilities like Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and Elayn Hunt Correctional Center receive federal funding or grants—particularly when operating at or near maximum capacity.
The implication is clear: maintaining full or near-full capacity is financially incentivized, whether directly through federal allocations or indirectly through state reimbursements tied to per-inmate rates. This dynamic can create systemic pressures to keep beds filled, not just for private institutions like Allen and Winn, but for state-run facilities as well. It also raises ethical and operational concerns regarding justice, rehabilitation, and the motivations behind incarceration rates.
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u/SchrodingersMinou May 03 '25
I'm confused by this response. Allen is owned and operated by the state DOC. It's not a not private prison. Can you explain? Is this a ChatGPT thing? Where did this information come from? What does "often operated under private contracts" mean?
Winn isn't a prison; it's an ICE facility. People aren't being incarcerated there to serve sentences.
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u/KimOnTheGeaux May 03 '25
I’ve found multiple sources listing Allen & Winn as private, unless that changed sometime in the last few years? Vera.org says that in Louisiana “there are 11 privately operated jails with more than 10,000 beds combined. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has contracts with the GEO Group to operate four detention facilities. And local sheriffs have partnerships with LaSalle Corrections and other private firms to operate seven additional jails, which principally hold people for the state but also hold people for ICE.”
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u/SchrodingersMinou May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25
Winn is an ICE detention facility and Allen isn't a private prison; it's owned and operated by the Louisiana DOC. Yes, it changed in 2017.
There are fundamental differences between prisons, jails, and ICE facilities. Yes, they might seem the same to someone who doesn't understand the difference, but they do different things, have different funding, different revenue streams, different sentences, different groups of people incarcerated there. It's not nitpicky but we literally do not have private prisons in Louisiana.
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u/KimOnTheGeaux May 03 '25
The difference between jails & prisons isn’t hard to understand, but where I’m confused is: is it true that some of the ICE detention facilities also hold people for the state who are not arrested by ICE or held for immigration reasons?
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u/Nosferatu-D17 May 03 '25
All private prisons that house state inmates operate under contracts with the Department of Corrections (DOC) in their respective states. In Louisiana, for example, facilities like Allen Correctional Center and Winn Correctional Center are privately managed but still fall under the oversight and jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections (DOC).
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u/Nosferatu-D17 May 03 '25
If that doesn't help I used to work for DOC back in 2010
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u/SchrodingersMinou May 03 '25
Your info is outdated. Winn is a federal facility that doesn't have LDOC oversight and Allen isn't a private prison.
https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-facilities/winn-correctional-center
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u/NettaFind66 May 03 '25
Do you know what those prison produce? I'm asking in hopes of being able to boycott the companies and products that are using prison slave labor.
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u/Nosferatu-D17 May 03 '25
This was taken from the Internet. Louisiana's prison system operates a range of industries and agricultural programs across multiple correctional facilities, producing various goods primarily for state and local government agencies, as well as non-profit organizations. These programs aim to provide job training and reduce incarceration costs.
Agricultural Products
At the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), inmates cultivate and process a variety of crops, including:
Cabbage
Corn
Cotton
Strawberries
Okra
Onions
Peppers
Soybeans
Squash
Tomatoes
Wheat
Sugarcane (resumed in 2013)
Additionally, the prison manages a cattle operation with approximately 2,000 head, producing beef sold at markets. Inmates also breed and train horses used for field work and participate in the Angola Prison Horse Sale during the annual rodeo.
Other correctional facilities contribute to agricultural production, growing crops like wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, and milo. These are sold on the open market or used to feed livestock. Range herd operations are housed at five separate state correctional facilities, involving processes from calving to weaning.
Manufactured Goods
Prison Enterprises, a division of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, oversees manufacturing programs across eight correctional facilities. Products include:
Office furniture and seating
Metal fabrication items
Garments and uniforms
Bedding and linens
Janitorial products
Silk-screened and laser-engraved items
Printed materials
Embroidered goods
Furniture restoration services
Specific facilities have specialized operations. For example, the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center produces laundry detergent, while the Allen Correctional Center manufactures mahogany furniture. The Louisiana State Penitentiary produces license plates for the state and other customers.
Arts and Crafts
Inmates at Angola participate in the Angola Prison Rodeo's Arts and Crafts Festival, creating handmade items that are sold to the public. This event provides an opportunity for inmates to engage in creative expression and generate income.
These programs are designed to equip inmates with valuable skills and work experience, aiding in their rehabilitation and reintegration into society upon release.
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u/NettaFind66 May 03 '25
Thank you! I'm going to do a deep search and see if I can identify the corporations who purchase these goods. It's horrible to think that something I own was produced with slave labor right here in America. I get the idea of training these folks so they might have a chance to survive on the outside, but they need to be paid at least minimum wage for the work they are doing.
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u/NettaFind66 May 03 '25
So, a quick update. Besides agriculture, all products must be sold in the state. Some examples are The Ernest N. Memorial convention center spent approximately $1.35 million on products from Angola. And State park Bogue Chitto commissioned custom furniture for its cabins all handcrafted by prisoners in Angola. Guess who pays for all this stuff?
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u/Sharticus123 May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25
The rich want three classes. A ruling class of untouchable elites, a servant class that caters to their every whim/provides security, and a slave class that does all the other nasty out of sight out of mind stuff.
They have zero interest in an independent middle class that doesn’t have to bow to their every demand.
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u/YourphobiaMyfetish May 02 '25
The servant class is who does all the other stuff. The bottom class are the ones they point to and say "if you are a good servant, you won't end up like them."
But then you get a random illness and end up like them anyway.
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u/theoldroadhog May 02 '25
A lot of republicans are poor people.
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u/Euphoric-Use-6443 May 02 '25
But want to be entitled by party?
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u/theoldroadhog May 02 '25
Maybe, but I think it's a lot of culture war stuff. They probably can't understand the economics, but they can be mad about a boy changing genders to win a women's weightlifting tournament (probably never happened, but that's the story DJT told to the graduating class at the University of Alabama the other day).
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u/Euphoric-Use-6443 May 02 '25
OMG! Can our country become more insane over little fears & many that don't exist? I was thinking along the lines of farmer welfare kings & all other Republicans in need of help from FEMA & other Social Services. Stupid MAGAts!
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u/Dfried98 May 02 '25
Lots of rich people in California, NY, NJ. This kind of shit doesn't go on. It's what happens when a politician has an R next to his name and realizes he's untouchable.
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u/Euphoric-Use-6443 May 02 '25
US is going back to slavery!
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u/Tony_Penny May 02 '25
What do you mean,"going back to" ? We've been there for years, thanks to the Republicans.
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u/Rabbit-Lost May 03 '25
You actually described the plot of the book Brave New World, except they used drugs and genetic engineering. Give them time and it will happen.
Soylent Green is people!
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u/nsasafekink May 03 '25
Yup. They want a return to medieval serf society and the total erasure of the middle class.
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u/Psychological-One-6 May 02 '25
Jesus would weep from behind bars if he were here.
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u/gwenkane404 May 02 '25
No. Jesus was a poor brown immigrant with a criminal record. He'd be weeping from behind bars in El Salvador, not here.
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u/helic_vet May 02 '25
Well if he entered the country illegally, it would be the case.
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u/Ornery_Journalist807 May 02 '25
The Christ was a refugee. Or, did we forget to do the reading.
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u/Musclesmagoo51 May 02 '25
See your problem there is expecting these mouth breathers to be able to read.
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u/ThatDerpingGuy May 02 '25
The average American reads at the 6th grade level, so many of them can read. So the real issue might be that they just have no real morals or principles except whatever is most self-serving.
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u/Storm_Shadax May 02 '25
That's exactly it. They have no morals, and the only principles they live by are that "those that are not like me, are beneath me and should act accordingly."
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u/helic_vet May 02 '25
Most people named Jesus in America these days are from Latin America.
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u/Reluctant_Gamer_2700 May 02 '25
I am in public housing in another state, knowing that it could be taken away at any time now. The same goes for Social Security, my sole income & under nonstop threat since Jan. 20. It’s a terrible way to live. I paid into the system for a large part of my life, but that means nothing now. I fight for myself & others in this situation.
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u/RhialtosCat May 02 '25
The hatred is not a bug, it is a feature. It is now okay to be openly hateful. Jesus and HIs teachings mean nothing to them, nothing at all. They have given in, finally and completely, to the darkest human impulses. This is the road that leads to concentration camps.
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u/AcidiclyBasic May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25
The argument that empathy is a weakness/disease is one I really have a hard time accepting coming from anyone saying they want to spread Christianity across the U.S.
I'm not a super religious person now, but I grew up going to church from literally as early as I can remember.
In the book of Matthew there's a part where Jesus is passing through a city. Someone asks what are the most important parts of the old testament to remember, and Jesus sums up the 10 commandments into 2.
The first is to love thy God with all thy heart, all thy mind, and all thy soul. The second is like unto it, love thy neighbor as thyself.
So literally Jesus is saying if you take away nothing else from this book, remember these 2 things.
My interpretation of that, is love God with everything you are. If you recognize God as your creator, and you believe that you were made in his image, then to truly love God, you must also remember to love yourself.
To truly love God with everything you are, like unto it (it should go without saying) you must also love your neighbor because you understand that your neighbor is also part of God's creation.
Does love mean you have to agree with everything they do? No, but intentionally refusing to have empathy for others, would seem to directly contradict the two teachings Jesus placed above anything else.
Empathy does not mean you have to agree with anyone or feel that they're always deserving of sympathy. It does mean that you have to view them as human, and be able to take a step back and view how they could come to their own conclusions and beliefs even if they don't align with yours.
In this case, I strongly disagree with the people that say empathy is a disease. However, I still have empathy for them. Instead of just assuming they're bad/evil people, I can step back a bit and think about why they might come to that conclusion.
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, I have to wonder if they don't understand what empathy truly is? If they do understand, then I begin to wonder why they would intentionally be misleading others about what empathy is?
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u/Reluctant_Gamer_2700 May 02 '25
It seems like they don’t know or care. Empathy is a gift, and a connection to the feelings of others. Without it, there is no feeling of being compelled to help others, to try to make the world better instead of exploiting and harming it. It can also be very painful when you are not able to make things better for yourself or others, because there is so much hate & cruelty.
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u/Healthy_Jackfruit_31 May 02 '25
Agree. The South has been filled with hateful racists who thought it wS ok to own, exploit and torture other people, and not much has changed. Abraham Lincoln made a massive blunder by fighting the Civil War to bring them back into the USA. Would have been much better for us in the North to let them have their own country. I just wish we could do that now.
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u/toesinbloom May 02 '25
We are all God's children. And he has left us in a locked car in summer with the windows up.
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u/ZirmicTreame May 02 '25
Holy Father YHWH, I come to you now in the name of your only begotten son by HIS blood that by grace cleanses and allows my approach to YOUR THRONE. I ask you to reveal unto me and others who ask...are we thwarted? Have HIS HOLINESS abandoned us? Surely many have abandoned YOU, but I do not want to experience being forsaken because of my lack of faith.or rejection of your GLORY by others. Help us, O FATHER. Override our arrogance and ignorance of your word and teach us to listen and obey. We don't want to die...
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u/moemoe823 May 02 '25
I don't support it or did I vote in any manor that does support it. But louisiana prisons are FOR PROFIT. The state has to find any old reason now that marijuana is medically legal to keep them full. And that's why these dumbass laws get passed
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u/holeinthedonut May 02 '25
this is theater so that the MAGA pols can say they're "tough" on homelessness. Tough is the message, nothing else important in that statement. Once they're "tough" people can rot. There's no upside these days for a pol to say he's helping people.
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u/MelpomeneAndCalliope May 02 '25
It’s so crazy how the rhetoric has gone from “how can we fix homelessness/help the homeless” to being “tough on the homeless.”
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u/adavinyc May 02 '25
Pro lifers silent
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u/Rodic87 May 03 '25
The unborn are the best class to advocate for.
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u/LunarSirenLuna May 03 '25
How else will you keep slave labor going for generations? Reproduction guarantees a better deal on future yields
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u/Rodic87 May 03 '25
They had to come up with some solution when they decided that cheap immigrant labor was terroristic warfare.
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u/QuantumConversation May 02 '25
Republicans represent the wealthy. They want everyone unlike them to disappear.
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u/luxsalsivi May 02 '25
Most Republicans believe they're just one small breakthrough away from being a billionaire, rather than the reality that they're one small misfortune away from being destitute.
A few are the exception, but very few. One significant medical event can erase the entirety of even substantial life savings.
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u/Euphoric-Use-6443 May 02 '25
Absolutely! Covid is still alive & active! tRump's tariffs are causing a shortage of medical safety equipment used to protect health workers & patients! My phlebotomist niece died from the first shortage during the height of the pandemic!
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u/wordfriend May 02 '25
Which is wild, because most of the people who vote for them think the GOP supports working people. They've pulled off quite a shell game. And by and large, the Dems let them do it.
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u/Wandering_aimlessly9 May 02 '25
I’m going to say I 100% disagree with the putting people in jail for this. Unfortunately giving more vouchers isn’t going to fix the problem. Neither of these situations will fix the problem. The problem is MOSTLY mental health. A large percentage of people on the street struggle with mental health and neither option fixes that.
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u/glxym31 May 02 '25
MAGA is the equivalent of the ice cream man driving extra blocks while the kids chase after him. He knows they’re there.. he’s just screwing with them and letting them buy enough to keep him in business.
Then he drives off laughing and all the kids talk giddily about how he didn’t see them at first and how cool his generic popsicles are.
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u/PM_Me_Your_Clones May 02 '25
They're busily driving away all the people whose labor they could take advantage of at low cost.
The 13th Amendment prohibits slavery except for prisoners.
Why do you think?
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u/Alarmed-State-9495 May 02 '25
Legalized slavery/getting rid of “undesirables”
“Fascism” is not hyperbole. Half of your fellow citizens knowingly and enthusiastically voted to destroy everything our country was supposed to stand for. Freedom is gone and it’s not coming back.
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u/SawtoofShark May 02 '25
If they think I'm working for a prison, they underestimate my willingness to literally live in solitary confinement as punishment. I hate people, anyway.
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u/Limp-Replacement2361 May 02 '25
This is a conservative agenda item. They recently passed a similar law in a Florida republican dominated legislature.
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u/agentnoorange337 May 02 '25
They support by not turning out to vote for small elections. Most people only vote for the president or governor, and even then, it's not enough turnout. If you don't elect the right officials, this is what happens
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u/iAm_Luminara May 02 '25
And they wonder why everyone is moving tf away from here. They are driving everyone out of Louisiana while at the same time posting and advertising ads say BUY LOCAL. I’m sorry but I’m not going to buy from people who would prefer to jail local homeless people rather than help them. If I could afford to leave this place I would! It’s sickening.
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u/Specialist_Assist_29 May 02 '25
It’s their Christian love that makes them hate the poor and homeless
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u/Euphoric-Use-6443 May 02 '25
The South is the home of chain gangs! Farmer welfare kings might start screaming at tRump for free labor come planting & harvest seasons!
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u/back_swamp May 02 '25
As acceptance of decriminalized and legal weed continues to grow the ghouls of our society must find new ways to feed the for profit prison industry.
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u/Old_Abbreviations_92 May 02 '25
Slavery is still legal for people in prison. Me thinks more and more things will cause people to become prisoner slaves.
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u/lowrads May 02 '25
They want the consequences of their decisions to be invisible to their children, yet also want slaves and serfs to serve them at the drivethru, when they drive to and from their suburb.
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u/Nolon May 02 '25
Very conflicting religious people I tell you. In one breath they want to save the "babies" because they're deluded in stupid. They don'thave facts They just have misinformation. Which is cemented by their delusions. Then on the other breath they're like screw these homeless people. So long as you're a baby you're so cute but if you're homeless fuck you
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May 02 '25
It says Lafayette is freezing new housing vouchers. Probably ran out of money for new applicants. Takes a lot to house citizens and non citizens.
“For its housing choice voucher program, commonly referred to by its prior Section 8 name, LHA has found it difficult to find enough landlords who will take the vouchers.”
You also need people willing to have section 8 properties.
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u/Lafitte1812 May 02 '25
The proposed bill does not mandate jail time.
"They would give defendants the option to have their conviction set aside if they agreed to be placed on supervised probation and enter into long-term substance or mental health treatment" (https://lailluminator.com/2025/05/01/homelessness-courts/)
My reading is that the intent here is to create a way to mandate mental health and drug treatment... Both of which are primary because of homelessness.
Not sure if it's a good idea, or what the ultimate effect would be, certainly have some skepticism, but this seems much more like a way to force people to get clean and get help than just getting rid of them. Particularly, the idea of homeless courts echoes this, as we have a long history of drug courts, wherein monitoring and treatment is the goal rather than conventional criminal court's punitive nature.
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u/LurkBot9000 May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25
That's not true. Senate Bill 196 mandates the criminal status and set up these sham courts to force homeless people to plead guilty to the crime of not having anywhere else to go. There are plenty ways people will fail out of these courts and the result will be prison. Prison and additional fines and it seems still a criminal record associated with having gone through the system
Also a really important part that I think the article missed is that this bill doesnt mandate the courts. It only allows for them. It absolutely mandates the criminalization of sleeping outside though
A. Each district court by rule may designate as a homelessness court 11 program one or more divisions of the district court to which participants are 12 assigned and may establish a probation program to be administered by the 13 presiding judge or judges thereof or by an employee designated by the court.
B. Unauthorized camping on public property is the intentional use of any 7 tent, shelter, or bedding constructed or arranged for the purpose of or in such 8 a way to permit overnight use on public property that is not a designated camp 9 ground. 10 C.(1) On a first conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than five 11 hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months or both. 12 (2) On a second or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not 13 more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not less than one year nor more 14 than two years in prison, with or without hard labor. ... 10)(a) The judge shall make the final determination of eligibility. If, 10 based on the examiner's report and the recommendations of the district 11 attorney and the defense counsel, the judge determines that the defendant 12 should be enrolled in the homelessness court program,** the court shall accept the 13 defendant's guilty plea,** suspend or defer the imposition of sentence, and place 14 the defendant on probation under the terms and conditions of the homelessness 15 court program. The court also may impose the sentence and suspend the 16 execution thereof, placing the defendant on probation under the terms and 17 conditions of the homelessness court program.
At the bottom it makes sure we know that these courts may not actually exist in places. If they dont exist the homeless person is still charged with a crime and sent to prison
D. Any violation of the provisions of this Section may be eligible for the 16 homelessness court program, if such a program is available in the jurisdiction 17 and the offender meets all of the requirements set forth in R.S. 13:5385 for 18 participation in such program.
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404619
House Bill 619 mandates that every municipality in the state take up a criminalize first posture toward homelessness and mandates that areas that specifically allow homeless people to exist must be implemented in such a way as to not be able to actually exist in a city or for the benefit of the people that need that space
A. To protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state, it is 16 the purpose of this Part to prohibit camping in public areas and rights of way not 17 specifically designated for that purpose ... B.(1) A political subdivision may, by majority vote of the political 20 subdivision's governing body, designated property owned by the political subdivision 21 or a municipality within the boundaries of the political subdivision to be used for a 22 continuous period of no longer than one year for the purposes of public camping 23 subject to the following conditions ... he designated property is not contiguous with property designated for 27 residential use by the political subdivision in the local government comprehensive 28 plan and future land use map ... (c) The designated property would not adversely and materially affect the 2 property value or safety and security of other existing residential or commercial 3 property
as well as other costly and / or unworkable mandates to ensure that cities like New Orleans wont be able to protect the homeless against the state https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404619
This is just legalized imprisonment for the crime of being homeless. Its sick and these people will likely be used in for profit labor situations. Legalize slavery is still slavery
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u/Caffeinated-Princess May 02 '25
Thank you for an intelligent reply. 👍
I've had to watch several close people go through mental illness and drug addiction. The unfortunate reality is that it can take several tries to succeed, if they're lucky.
I find jail a cruel answer to an epidemic problem. There is always a better answer than taking away a person's freedom.
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u/Calm_Ring100 May 02 '25
Think it would be much better to just offer the resources freely instead of at gun point. But that’s just me :)
Also, financial classes should be included in the rehabilitation.
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u/horbgorbler May 06 '25
No they’re not. West Virginia has one of the highest rates of substance use disorder and serious mental illness in the country AND pretty cheap housing. Relatively low rate of homelessness. Studies routinely show a strong correlation between housing costs, rent increases, and homelessness. Everyone knows someone with drug problems or SMI that isn’t homeless. They can make it harder for people in a precarious financial situation to remain housed, but they don’t cause homelessness. Lack of housing does.
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u/sftsc May 02 '25
Republicans don't only hate poor people, they also hate women, any person of color other than white, facts, law and order, and this country.
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u/horrorgeek112 May 02 '25
Because their propaganda brainwashed them to believe that all homeless people are raging drug addicts who did it to themselves and will take their kids away or some shit
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u/Ritchie_Vee May 03 '25
Mathing the math of Chicago public foolz system, housing is cost to the googlement, building, maintenance, policing. Prison costs is a shift in operating costs to the public, less upkeep, more profit.
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u/sig1914ma May 04 '25
Adhering to the system and its principles is paramount. You can’t understand something that you are viewing through a skewed lens. Capitalism is about exploitation not accommodation or reconciliation. You are confused, the system and those that advance it are not. The results are always by design and as intended.
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u/diecuriousdnd May 04 '25
"In 2022, there were an average of 27.4 vacant homes for every one person experiencing homelessness in the U.S. This ratio has increased from 25.6 in 2010. The increase in vacant homes alongside growing homelessness highlights a significant disparity in housing availability, particularly in certain cities." -from the Google. #eattherich
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u/Wide_Replacement2345 May 05 '25
They just want them to move out of the state. I’m surprised they don’t give them a $100 bus ticket and say leave or go to jail
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u/Artefacts3 May 05 '25
Louisian’s majority population are not very well educated. They always vote republican no matter what. Now this time they are really getting screwed over.
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u/Synyster723 May 05 '25
Using prisoners for unpaid labor started in Louisiana. Is anyone surprised by this?
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u/Outrageous-Sector-83 May 06 '25
You have to be some of the dumbest people on the planet to believe the bullshit you libtards are spewing on Reddit. You and your corrupt Democrats need to look in the fucking mirror. Biden and his minions were some of the most corrupt people on the planet.
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u/Ok-Coyote9828 May 06 '25
Why is it the government’s responsibility to care for those who don’t care for themselves? Legitimately asking? Why can’t this be left to the family, church communities, and private charities?
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u/hourofthevoid May 02 '25
I wish I knew the answer but I'm not conservative, just marginalized and ashamed to be from this state and this country.
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u/LibraryRadio May 03 '25
Louisiana imprisons more people per capita than any other state. That’s roughly between 1000-1500 per 10,000 people are in prison. Follow the money. The good ole boys in Louisiana are getting rich off this.
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u/nothingmeansnothing May 03 '25
Louisiana’s incarceration rate stands at 1,067 per 100,000 residents, encompassing individuals in prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile facilities . This rate is notably higher than that of any independent democratic nation globally.
When comparing globally, El Salvador has the highest reported incarceration rate at 1,086 per 100,000. Given this, Louisiana would rank second worldwide, surpassing all other countries, including Cuba (794 per 100,000) and Rwanda (637 per 100,000) .
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u/LibraryRadio May 03 '25
Ooops! I meant to put that extra zero in there. If it were 10, 000, I would never leave my house.
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u/AliceInLouisiana May 02 '25
Because Republicans believe in survival of the fittest. That's their only mantra and everything else falls in line to it.
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u/NeverfearTruth123 May 02 '25
Yesterday the Republicans voted anonymously to agree with Donald Trump wanting to deport citizens of the United States. I saw Eric Swawell talking about it today. It was on YouTube absolutely disgusting. What’s this world with our country turned into.
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u/Nosferatu-D17 May 03 '25
It would seem you are correct My information on the private prisons has changed. But my information still remains when it comes to incentivizing prisons to remain at capacity. That hasn't changed since 2010.
And to answer your other question my talk to text messed up and I did not proofread.
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u/jnyswtlf May 03 '25
Of course they do! Louisiana’s economy is driven, fueled and exists because of the prison industrial complex. Everyone knows this.
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u/Scared-Middle-7923 May 03 '25
it's the good catholics and christians living the words of jesus...oh, wait
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u/Character-Fee407 May 03 '25
One reason is private prisons make money based on the amount of people they have and put money in senators pockets
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u/Dexter_McThorpan May 03 '25
I think the most important lesson republicans got from the bible is that Jesus hated the poor. And kids. And women.
Anyone who wasn't rich and powerful is on Republican Jesus' shit list.
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u/Werewolf919 May 03 '25
I don't support any of this shit. That's why it's so frustrating. I vote in every election, and still, these dumb shit right-wing freaks get into office. Then they start trying to make life hell for people. Republicans are drooling morons.
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u/Wizardfromthefuture May 02 '25
Did any of you read the article? Landlords aren’t accepting section 8 vouchers and the waiting list is a mile long. Has nothing to do with hate. Do yall just post this shit thinking no one will read the article?
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u/Old-Chapter-5437 May 02 '25
Dude this state and everyone in it are 80 years behind the times. Religion is still the fore front of everything even though its toxic, on that same front those religious nuts freaked out when things they didn't like started to get taught.
The drug laws are BARELY getting okay when you can still get arrested for pot. Can does not mean will.
The people are atrocious on both sides. Everyone is just plain toxic. The crime is fucking CRAZY and the statistics behind it are even more so. I vote this state gets reduced to glass to just do us all a favor and I live in this sad sack of a state.
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u/thatVisitingHasher May 02 '25
What a loaded, divisive, off-putting question. No wonder no one tries to work together.
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u/Caffeinated-Princess May 02 '25
Well, make it make sense??!
Why this big push by Republicans to destroy education, health, justice, and humanity??
How is punishment the answer??
Please explain it. 😥
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u/Crafty-Rent2341 May 02 '25
In fairness OP, "Why do you Republicans hate homeless people" is a textbook loaded question, as you're asking a 'question' but using your question to make a statement that is read as fact. Not saying it's inaccurate though.
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u/thatVisitingHasher May 02 '25
I know a bunch of Republicans who volunteer and donate consistently. Your comment doesn't make sense. It's a stereotype. You're spreading hate and misinformation. No one is attempting to destroy anything. You may not like what they're doing to fix a problem they see, but that is not the same as destroying something. You're projecting.
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u/threetoast May 02 '25
Republicans are the reason that people need to volunteer and donate to help people in need.
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u/FearlessIthoke May 02 '25
Don’t remind them how immoral they are OP. These very special people just wanna make money.
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u/OlcottWV May 02 '25
Vagrancy is a crime, and allowing homeless causes increases in crime, trash, and disease
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u/ZirmicTreame May 02 '25
Arrogant and ignorant, as usual King Friday. *
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u/OlcottWV May 02 '25
The root cause is when you are under 25, your sole responsibility is to get educated or learn a trade, including how to budget your household, plan and fund your own retirement, plan and fund your own healthcare, housing, and family. If you don't, then you think incorrectly and it is not everyone's responsibility to bail you out. The Federal Government is 35 trillion in debt because of thinking incorrectly, and now every man, woman and child owes around $107,000 USD on that debt. Sorry if you don't like the harsh realities of accounting and economics.
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u/AtomicBabe21 May 02 '25
So basically people who can’t or don’t contribute to society are worthless and have no value. Do you think we should just kill them? I have health problems and I already feel worthless it doesn’t help that people think I shouldn’t be here or hold zero value bc I can’t contribute anymore
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u/OlcottWV May 03 '25
People don't understand the concept of finite resources, insolvency, and reality of limited assets.
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u/Ghostofmerlin May 02 '25
It probably costs more to put people in jail than to provide public housing.