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West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility Overview

The official West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility page describes a structured work-release facility in Port Allen. It is operated through the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office and functions as a Louisiana DPS&C transitional work program partner. The facility is not a full state prison, and it is not the same as the nearby West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center. Its role is narrower: house eligible inmates who are close enough to release to work at approved jobs while returning to a controlled facility outside work hours.

The parish says the West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility was constructed in 1995. Eligibility depends on the offense and release window. The research states that inmates must generally be from six months to four years before release, depending on the offense of conviction. The program can also be used as an alternative for some technical parole violators instead of returning them to prison. That makes the facility part of a reentry path, not a normal first-stop booking point for a new street arrest.

Because the facility sits next to the parish detention system, custody lookup can be confusing. If the person is physically in the West Baton Rouge jail or work facility feed, the LA VINE roster may help. If the question is broader state-sentenced custody, use Louisiana VINE or DPS&C. A person who is serving a sentence can move between local program space, state custody, court transport, or another facility, so direct contact with the work facility is often the most practical confirmation step.

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View the source page for the West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility to compare current parish language before making a visit or employer contact.

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West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Capacity

The official parish Transitional Work Facility page gives a rated capacity of 262 inmates. The research also records that the facility was built in 1995 and holds inmates who are eligible for approved work in the community. No official current daily population, average daily population, demographic count, or length-of-stay table was located for this facility. Use the 262 figure as a capacity number, not as a live population count.

Capacity at a transitional work facility means something different from capacity at a booking jail. Residents are expected to work approved jobs, leave for that work under program rules, and return to a structured facility when not working. The parish says the program helps offenders transition from prison back into the workforce, and it reports that approximately 10% to 20% of offenders remain with their employer upon release. That employer-retention figure is a program outcome, not a custody count.

West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Lookup

Start with the West Baton Rouge LA VINE roster when the question is whether a person is physically housed in the local parish jail or work-facility system. The roster is built from jail management system data and, according to Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement material in the research, LA VINE roster sites refresh every 30 minutes. The sheriff also maintains an inmate search route, but the live application may require a browser session.

Use the Louisiana VINE statewide locator or DPS&C phone locator path when the question is sentenced state custody rather than local physical housing. DPS&C lists West Baton Rouge TWP in its local jail and program entries, but the broader state locator is the better tool for a person who has moved into state custody. The BOP locator and ICE ODLS are separate systems for federal and immigration custody. They should not be used as substitutes for the parish work-facility phone when the person is believed to be housed on Northwest Drive.

1. Search the West Baton Rouge LA VINE roster by name if the person may be physically housed in the parish system.
2. Check the visible custody location, identifying fields, and any roster detail before assuming it is the right person.
3. Call the West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility at 225-387-3272 when the roster does not clearly confirm placement.
4. Use Louisiana VINE or DPS&C when the person is sentenced and may have moved outside the parish program.
5. Use BOP or ICE only when a federal sentence, federal hold, or immigration custody issue is confirmed.

West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Contact

The West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility has a separate address and phone number from the main Detention Center. Use the work-facility phone for placement questions, work-release status, employer-related routing, visit rules, and mail-rule checks. For a new arrest, a booking record, or an immediate local custody question that does not involve work release, the West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center booking desk may be the faster first call.

The research notes a leadership-source discrepancy. The administration page names Dale Simoneaux as Transitional Work Facility warden, while another facility source listed Lester Pinkney. The project research directs copy to prefer the current sheriff administration page for leadership. Sheriff Jeff Bergeron appears in the current local sheriff and parish sources, while an older DPS&C page still names a former sheriff. For facility page content, current local parish pages are treated as the stronger source.

West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Visits

Official detailed visitation schedules for the West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility were not located in the accessible parish or sheriff pages reviewed during research. The safest instruction is to call the facility before visiting. Work-release schedules can change daily because residents may leave for approved jobs, return at set times, attend program obligations, or be unavailable because of transport, discipline, classification, medical status, or state custody movement.

Ask staff whether visits are offered in-person or by video, whether the visitor must be approved in advance, what identification is required, what dress code applies, and whether the resident's work schedule blocks a visit window. Do not assume the Detention Center's business hours or booking desk availability apply to the work facility. A transitional work program has a different daily rhythm than a standard jail housing unit.

West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Mail

Research did not locate an official mail-rule page, commissary limit, deposit fee table, phone or video vendor, or online-deposit provider specific to the West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility. The researched mailing address is P.O. Box 149, Port Allen, LA 70767. Use the resident's name and ID if known, but call first to confirm whether the facility uses direct mail, scanned mail, restrictions on photos, publisher-only book rules, money order limits, or other screening rules.

Money and communication procedures for a work-release facility can differ from a jail dorm because residents may earn wages, pay obligations, and follow program rules tied to employment. The research supports the fact of work and structured return to the facility, but it does not support a specific wage account rule, commissary fee, deposit vendor, or payment channel. If a person has transferred from the West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility to a state prison or another local program, use the receiving facility's rules.

West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Placement

The West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility is best understood as a placement and reentry site, not the ordinary booking desk for a new arrest. A person usually enters work release after sentencing or as part of a state-approved transition path. The parish says eligible inmates must be close enough to release, must work at an approved job, and must return to the structured facility when not working. The program is also described as an alternative for some technical parole violators.

Placement depends on sentence status, offense type, release timing, program eligibility, employer approval, and supervision rules. A resident may leave the facility for work but remain in custody. That distinction can surprise families and employers. The person is not free during work hours, and the facility can still control movement, housing, discipline, and program compliance. When a lookup result is unclear, call the work facility and ask whether the person is assigned there, out to work, in court, transferred, or returned to another custody level.

Transitional work

A structured custody program that lets eligible inmates work approved jobs before release.

Technical parole violator

A person accused of violating supervision rules without necessarily facing a new criminal conviction.

Approved employer

An employer accepted by the program to use transitional-work personnel under facility rules.

About West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility

The strongest local detail about the West Baton Rouge Transitional Work Facility is its employment role. The parish says the program helps offenders transition from prison back into the workforce and reports that about 10% to 20% of offenders remain with their employer after release. Employers interested in using transitional-work personnel are directed by the parish to contact the Job Placement Coordinator. That makes the facility a custody site and a workforce reentry program at the same time.

DPS&C statewide transition and reentry material describes transitional work programs as a way to connect businesses with a dependable workforce while giving soon-to-be-released inmates work habits and support. The parish-specific facility is still a controlled environment. Residents return to the facility when not working and remain subject to custody rules. PREA report material linked from facility pages also gives safety context for the corrections division, including sexual-abuse reporting and intake-screening policies.