Bossier Parish Corrections

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The Bossier Parish Corrections is located at 196 Burt Boulevard in Benton, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Bossier Parish Corrections, such as how to find an inmate at the Bossier Parish Corrections, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Bossier Parish Corrections Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bossier Parish Corrections Inmate Lookup has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find the same information about anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Bossier Parish Corrections Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Bossier Parish Corrections takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed 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 have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Bossier Parish Corrections Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bossier Parish Corrections in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at (318) 965-2203 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Bossier Parish Corrections you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Bossier Parish Corrections, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Bossier Parish Corrections. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bossier Parish Corrections 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 Bossier Parish Corrections. 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 Bossier Parish Corrections 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Bossier Parish jail website or you are able to call the court directly. 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 there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Bossier Parish jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so be sure to double check the Bossier Parish Corrections site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bossier Parish Corrections

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 Bossier Parish Corrections uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (318) 965-2203 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 Bossier Parish Corrections store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy 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 Bossier Parish Corrections inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Bossier Parish Corrections phone number is: (318) 965-2203

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Bossier Parish Corrections. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Bossier Parish Corrections, click the link below.

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