The Committee on Parole on June 9, 2025, elected not to revoke Victor Gaines’s parole but ordered a specific treatment pathway: a 28‑day inpatient stay at LARC followed by a minimum one‑year program at Breaking Chains. The conditional decision was framed as a final opportunity to avoid full revocation.

The board’s action matters because it ties continued supervision to completion of an intensive treatment plan the board said was intended to address Gaines’s substance‑use problems and reduce future public‑safety risk. Kaylin Gross, an attorney with the Orleans Public Defender’s Office, told the panel that OPD had arranged referrals and letters of support from inpatient facilities and asked the board to require treatment rather than revoke parole.

Gaines, who identified himself in the hearing as Victor Gaines (DOC number 106774), pleaded guilty with a statement to recent drug‑related charges and said he sought inpatient treatment. “I wanted to be accountable. Go to rehab,” he said. Terry Pierce, a client advocate working with OPD, and Jim Fussell of Breaking Chains described intensive residential options and ongoing case management available if the board allowed Gaines to remain on supervision.

Board members noted a long supervision history and multiple prior failures to complete programs. The hearing record shows that probation and parole had documented prior revocations and repeated participation in treatment programs. Chairman Danny Barra and member Tillis emphasized the seriousness of Gaines’s revocations but endorsed conditioned continuation of parole because community providers had offered inpatient placements.

Tillis moved that Gaines be allowed to remain on parole provided he enters the recommended program; Stapleton initially voted to revoke but then reconsidered after board discussion and joined Tillis and Barra. The board’s order stated that failure to complete LARC and the Breaking Chains program would result in revocation and return to custody for the remainder of the sentence.

The Orleans Public Defender’s filings and facility letters are part of the hearing record; Gaines’s outstanding municipal and Jefferson Parish matters were described as pending or screened but not resolved at the hearing. The board recorded the decision on the hearing record and adjourned the session.

The Committee on Parole convened in Baton Rouge and considered OPD‑supported treatment referrals as the basis for the conditional decision.