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The Louisiana Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to create and establish and to operate and maintain a women’s correctional facility in the vicinity of St. Gabriel for women convicted of felonies and sentenced to imprisonment in this state.  This facility shall be known as “Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women”.  

Added by Acts 1968, No. 246, §1.  Amended by Acts 1970, No. 367, §1.