"To 'reduce re-offending, provide services for crime victims, and save taxpayers money,' the law provides for 70 percent of savings to be reinvested in programs to reduce recidivism and support victims. The other 30 percent of savings goes into Louisiana's general fund. With $12.2 million in savings, $8.5 million should go toward education, reentry programs, drug treatment and other programs to keep ex-inmates from returning to prison."
New Orleans Times-Picayune
July 11, 2018