The Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center is in Cottonport, Louisiana. The Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center is operated and managed by the Avoyelles Parish County Sheriff’s Office.

The mailing address for the jail is PO Box 255, Cottonport, Louisiana 80461.

The facility is a medium detention center that holds adult inmates. The inmates in this facility are either sentenced or awaiting their trial.

Majority of the inmates that are already sentenced have sentences less than two years. The Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center accepts inmates from surrounding municipalities and towns. They also accept inmates from the Cottonport Police Department, as they do not have their own long-term lock-up facility.

The Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center receives new inmates to the jail daily. While new inmates are coming in, there are also inmates leaving as well. Inmates are released when they post bail, placed under probation, or on their own recognizance.

The inmates who are not released will have their own bed and be allotted three meals a day.

While inmates are serving their time out in the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center, they can work throughout the jail such as laundry personnel or a kitchen staff member. In return for their work, they can shave off a few days from their sentence.

Avoyelles Parish County Sheriff's Office

Inmate Mailing Address

Inmate Name, ID, Housing #
Avoyelles Parish Women's Correctional Center
640 Choupique Lane PO Box 340, Cottonport, LA, 71327

Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center Prison Information