A. If a sentence of incarceration is imposed and executed, an offender should be given credit for time served under the following conditions prior to the imposition or execution of sentence:
- 1. time spent in actual custody in connection with the offense of conviction;
- 2. time spent in actual custody in a public or private mental hospital or other similar facility if ordered by the court in connection with the offense of conviction;
- 3. time spent in actual custody as a condition of probation if that probation is subsequently revoked.
- B. Actual custody, as used in this Section, is limited to time spent in confinement in prisons, jails, parish prisons, prison farms, workhouses, work-release centers, regional correctional facilities, public or private mental hospitals, or other similar facilities.
Authority Note
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:321-329.
Historical Note
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, Louisiana Sentencing Commission, LR 18:50 (January 1992).