Working Year-To-Year to Keep Louisiana Safe

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections provides demographic information and statistics in an interactive format. Click below to see the demographic information, updated monthly. The most current data available at this time is from September 30, 2022.

For demographic information on the prison population, click here:

For demographic information on the population under supervision, click here:

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections provides demographic information and statistics in an interactive format. Click below to see the demographic information, updated biannually. The most current data available at this time is from December 31, 2021.

For demographic information on the admissions by calendar year, click here:

For demographic information on the releases by calendar year, click here:

The Briefing Book is compiled and distributed on a biannual basis. It is designed to give the public basic, statistical and demographic information about the population of people in prison as well as budget and other helpful information.

Under Louisiana law, particularly the provisions of R.S. 15:574.12, the records of imprisoned people, past, present, or future, in the custody of the Department of Corrections, is confidential and cannot be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to anyone. This is not to say that some information, in the hands of another state agency or subdivision of the state, is not available, but pursuant to state law, while held by this Department it is confidential.

Consequently, we are unable to accommodate any request for any kind of data sharing on any terms.