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St Landry Parish Jail Information

Address

St Landry Parish Jail
108 South Market Street
Opelousas, LA 70570

Phone Number

Phone: (337) 948-6516

The St Landry Parish Jail is located at 108 South Market Street in Opelousas, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the St Landry Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the St Landry Parish Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find St Landry Parish court records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

St Landry Parish Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is incarcerated and need to find out where they are? Do you know somebody that’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find out what jail they’re in?

To find out who is in jail at the St Landry Parish Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The St Landry Parish Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can get info for anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

St Landry Parish Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the St Landry Parish Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get released. It also might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, plan to be released between 9am and noon.

St Landry Parish Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the St Landry Parish Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at St Landry Parish Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at (337) 948-6516 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the St Landry Parish Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at St Landry Parish Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 St Landry Parish Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the St Landry Parish Jail 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the St Landry Parish Jail is:

St Landry Parish Jail
108 South Market Street
Opelousas, LA 70570

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
St Landry Parish Jail
108 South Market Street
Opelousas, LA 70570

The mail policy at the St Landry Parish Jail can change, so it would be best to review the site when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the St Landry Parish Jail. 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 St Landry Parish Jail 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the St Landry Parish court website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the St Landry Parish jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the St Landry Parish Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the St Landry Parish Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the St Landry Parish Jail change frequently, so visit the St Landry Parish Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at St Landry Parish Jail

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 St Landry Parish Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (337) 948-6516 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 inmateâ€™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 St Landry Parish Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the St Landry Parish Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (337) 948-6516

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 profits from all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 St Landry Parish Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 finding out how to lower 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at St Landry Parish Jail, click the link below.

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