RS 15:850.12

§850.12. Organization and powers A. The Jackson Parish Detention Center shall be a political corporation, with power to sue and be sued and shall be governed by a commission to be known as the Jackson Parish Detention Center Commission. The Jackson Parish Detention Center shall be domiciled at the parish seat. It shall be sued at its domicile and service of all legal documents shall be made on the chairman or vice chairman of the commission. B. The Jackson Parish Detention Center may acquire title to movable property for public purposes by purchase or donation, may operate or maintain prison farms, and may operate or maintain the farms in whole or in part with prison labor and persons sentenced to the Jackson Parish Detention Center by city or district courts. C. Except only as hereinafter specifically provided, all persons lawfully incarcerated in Jackson Parish shall be incarcerated in the Jackson Parish Detention Center, subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the Jackson Parish Detention Center Commission. Acts 1995, No. 675, §1.