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Updated on: February 5, 2024

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Avoyelles Parish Women's Correctional Center, Avoyelles Parish County, County Jail

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640 Choupique Lane PO Box 340, Cottonport, LA, 71327

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http://www.corrections.state.la.us/

Avoyelles Parish County County can be found in the Louisiana area. Marksville – is the county seat. Avoyelles Parish County has a total population of 40980 and was formed in 1807.

Avoyelles Parish County County has a total area of 832 square miles. The zip codes in Avoyelles Parish County County are .

Avoyelles Parish County Sheriff’s Office:

The Avoyelles Parish County Sheriff, Douglas Anderson, is the head law enforcement officer in the Avoyelles Parish County county. You can reach him by calling 318-253-4000.

Address: 675 Government Street, Marksville, Louisiana, 71351, .

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Phone: 318-253-4000

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The Avoyelles Parish County County Department of Corrections, through the Sheriff of Avoyelles Parish County County, operates the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center in Cottonport, Marksville, Louisiana. Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center is one of the largest single-site county correctional facilities in the United States, holding up to 9,000 inmates daily and admitting up 101,000 pre-trial detainees each year. Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center sits on a 96-acre land with 8 divisions, 6 onsite Sheriff’s departments, a health services facility, 2 education departments, a dayroom, and privatized food service and Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center commissary. The Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center’s physical address is 640 Choupique Lane, , PO Box 340, Cottonport, LA, 71327.

Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center was constructed in 1856. By then, the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center served less than 87 residents. Later in 1902, the population in Avoyelles Parish County County had grown, and so did crime rates.

By the 1950s, 60 of the inmates were county-sentenced individuals serving up to 6 years at the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center.

Following criminal justice reforms, the Avoyelles Parish County County Department of Corrections merged county and city jails into one streamlined correctional facility. By 2015, the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center could house up to 7,500 individuals.

Programs and Services

Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center serves as a central location where inmates undergo screening and classification before proceeding to Louisiana state prison. While Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center, they undertake various Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center inmate programs and services to facilitate their stay in Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center and incorporation back into their communities upon release:

Individual in Custody Services at the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center

All inmates at the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center have access to legal services, supplies for ongoing needs, and literacy advancement.

The Avoyelles Parish County County Sheriff’s Rehabilitative Programs

The Avoyelles Parish County County Sheriff’s Office runs inmate rehabilitation programs like Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center mental health transition, substance abuse control, religious and educational programs, Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center personal wellbeing enrichment programs, veteran services, and community support.

Complying with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

Due to the high inmate capacity, families and friends of inmates at the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center raise concerns about the safety of their loved ones while serving their sentences. In turn, Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center adheres to the PREA, a federal law with zero tolerance for sexual harassment or abuse of persons in locked-up facilities like city and county jails. The Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center works with the Rape Victim Advocates to provide discrete medical and legal assistance to any Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center inmate who is a victim of sexual abuse.

Contacts

If you need to get in touch with an Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center inmate or officer at the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center, call at 318-876-2871 or fax at or fax318-876-3365.

Call the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center any day of the week from 10.00 am to 9.30 pm.

Visit the FAQ section of the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center official website for answers to common questions about the Avoyelles Parish Women’s Correctional Center, inmates, and services.

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