Ascension Parish Prison

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The Ascension Parish Prison is located at 2384 Lemanville Cutoff Road in Donaldsonville, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Ascension Parish Prison, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others is welcome.

Ascension Parish Prison Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ascension Parish Prison Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get info about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information fast if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Ascension Parish Prison Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Ascension Parish Prison is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it will depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should plan to get released that morning.

Ascension Parish Prison Visitation

The inmate have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Ascension Parish Prison before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at (337) 473-8674 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Ascension Parish Prison you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Ascension Parish Prison, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Ascension Parish Prison. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ascension Parish Prison is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Ascension Parish Prison. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Ascension Parish Prison to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the Ascension Parish court website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Ascension Parish jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Ascension Parish Prison might change, so check the Ascension Parish Prison site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ascension Parish Prison

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Ascension Parish Prison uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (337) 473-8674 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Ascension Parish Prison store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

The only phone calls that Ascension Parish Prison inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

The Ascension Parish Prison phone number is: (337) 473-8674

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Ascension Parish Prison. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Ascension Parish Prison, click the link below.

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