<body><div><p><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1SirA8_0w1LY7qk00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1SirA8_0w1LY7qk00" width="1024" height="667" ></p><p><strong> 🚨How Many People Are in Louisiana Prisons? </strong></p><p><strong> 🚨Why Do We Have Fewer Inmates Locked Up? </strong></p><p><strong> 🚨What Parishes Have the Highest Percentage of State Inmates? </strong></p><strong> 🚨Who Are the Most Wanted in Louisiana? </strong><p> SHREVEPORT, LA – Louisiana is still known as the top state for locking up criminals. And this is still true 7 years after lawmakers enacted criminal justice reform measures. But out crime numbers are still high. Don’t understand that. </p><h3> How Many People Are in Louisiana Prisons? </h3><p> Louisiana took in more than 14,000 people into state prisons last year. At the end of the year, the Bayou State had more than 29,000 people in prisons. That number is down from more than 35,000 in 2016. </p><a href="//710keel.com/app/" rel="nofollow"><h3> Download the KEEL Mobile App Now </h3></a><h3> Why Do We Have Fewer Inmates Locked Up? </h3><p> Data from the <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/LA.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Prison Policy Institute </a> says the decline in state inmates is due to several factors including: </p><ul><li> A 50% decrease in the number of prisoners held for nonviolent offenses </li><li> A sharp drop in recidivism due to parole or probation violations, or new criminal offenses </li></ul> Louisiana has an incarceration rate of <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2024.html" rel="nofollow"> 1,067 per 100,000 people </a> (including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities), meaning that it locks up a higher percentage of its people than any independent democratic country on earth. <h3 class="rPeykc"> What Parishes Have the Highest Percentage of State Inmates? </h3> Caddo 8.3% Jefferson 7.6% St. Tammany 5.6% East Baton Rouge 5.1% Livingston 4.9% Calcasieu 4.7% Orleans 4.2% Bossier 3.7% <h3 class="rPeykc"> Who Are the Most Wanted in Louisiana? </h3> There are several prison escapees who are still on the run from the law. Many of these cases date back for many decades. KEEL News has deleted people from this list who were born in the 1920’s. We assume these folks have since died, but the cases have not been updates on the <a href="https://doc.louisiana.gov/docs-most-wanted/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> state fugitive website. </a><a href="//710keel.com/louisiana-prison-escapees/" rel="nofollow"> Click here to view photo gallery </a><a href="//710keel.com/louisiana-prison-escapees/" rel="nofollow"> Click here to view photo gallery </a></div></body>

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Who Are the Most Wanted Prison Escapees in Louisiana?

Several people have escaped from Louisiana prisons and are still on the run.