Louisiana’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come

Louisiana’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come The governor’s office has dismissed experts’ concerns that his criminal justice rollbacks could swell the prison population and plunge the state into financial disaster. We analyzed how his policies have already begun to impact the state. by Richard A. Webster and Charles Maldonado, Verite News, graphics by Chris Alcantara, ProPublica Co-published with Verite News https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jeff-landry-prison-budget-increase?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river May 22, 2026, 5:00 am