Committee on Parole denies parole for David Augustine; board requests transfer for sex‑offender treatment

The Committee on Parole denied parole for David Augustine (DLC 562791) at a hearing on June 5, 2025. Commissioners said Augustine — who has been incarcerated roughly 17 years — needs sex‑offender treatment and victim‑awareness programming that the board believed were not available at his current facility.

Augustine told the board he had found religion in custody and described participating in Bible study and other informal programming. A lieutenant at Madison Parish Correctional who spoke to the board said Augustine had no recent disciplinary infractions and was quiet and compliant in the dormitory, but also noted limited programming at Madison Parish and recommended transfer to an institution with structured programs.

Commissioners asked direct questions about the offense and about treatment history; Augustine declined to discuss details of the underlying offense on the record without counsel present. The board said the nature of the conviction (indecent behavior with a juvenile, the transcript records the victim’s age as about seven) required completion of specific treatment and victim‑awareness work prior to consideration of parole. Board members voted to deny parole and requested the department consider moving Augustine to a facility where required treatment is available so he may reapply after completing programming.

Decision: Parole denied at about 10:38 a.m.; commissioners requested institution placement with sex‑offender treatment and victim‑awareness programming before future parole consideration.