AdvertisementStates Push For Prison Sentence Overhaul; Prosecutors Push Back00:00Download AudioResumeJuly 09, 2014Martin KastefacebookEmailThe Lafayette Parish Correctional Center in downtown Lafayette, La. By most counts, Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the country, but sentencing reformers have loosened some of the state's mandatory minimum sentences and made parole slightly easier to get. (Denny Culbert for NPR)