The Calcasieu Parish Work Release Facility is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The facility is also known as the Calcasieu Parish County Detention Center. The Calcasieu Parish Work Release Facility is operated and managed by the Calcasieu Parish County Sheriff’s Office.

The physical facility address is 950 California Avenue, Lake Charles, Louisiana.

The Calcasieu Parish Work Release Facility mission is to provide a safe and secure facility for both inmates and the staff. The facility is a medium security correctional facility. The facility adheres to both state and federal laws. They cooperate with other criminal justice agencies. While also holding their staff to the highest training available to ensure peace throughout their facility. 

Majority of the inmates that are already sentenced have sentences less than two years. The Calcasieu Parish Work Release Facility accepts inmates from surrounding municipalities and towns when there are no rooms in city jails.

The Calcasieu Parish Work Release Facility 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.

All violent and out of control inmates will be separated from the general population inmates to keep the peace inside the facility at all times.

Calcasieu Parish County Sheriff's Office

Inmate Mailing Address

Inmate Name, ID, Housing #
Calcasieu Parish Work Release Facility
5410 East Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA, 70615

Calcasieu Parish Work Release Facility Prison Information

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