Criminal Justice

• In 2020, Rep. Landry passed HB 344, which prohibits solitary confinement for incarcerated people who are pregnant or who have just given birth. This was the first change to the state’s solitary confinement law in over a century, and it has paved the way for other solitary confinement reform measures.  For example, in 2021, Rep. Landry worked with the Stop Solitary Coalition to end solitary confinement for those with mental health issues.

• Rep. Landry filed HB 175 with VOTE, which would have removed all infirmary co-payments for those who are incarcerated. Committee members refused time and again to pass the bill. Soon after the session, the Department of Corrections passed their own regulations to do just this.  There are many ways to make positive changes.

• Rep. Landry’s other bills related to sex workers, abortion, guns, and marijuana all touch on criminal justice issues as well.