Caldwell Correctional Center Releases
Caldwell Correctional Center is a local correctional facility that Louisiana DPS&C also lists as a Transitional Work Program. It is not a state-operated prison. That local and state overlap matters because a person may complete a parish sentence, complete a state sentence while housed locally, move from transitional work placement into the community, or transfer to another facility. Only the first three can result in a community exit. A transfer changes the physical location while custody continues.
The facility custody record should identify the date, time, type, and destination of the exit when those fields exist. A local release can be based on bond, time served, a court order, dismissal, or sentence completion. A state-sentenced release may be followed by parole, probation, or an unsupervised parole status. If the record says DOC, another parish, USMS, ICE, writ, transfer, or detainer, follow the named authority. Do not treat the person as released to the community merely because the Caldwell booking ended.
Confirm Caldwell Correctional Center Releases
Confirmation begins with the center because it controls the local physical-exit record. The Caldwell current roster can help determine whether a local booking still appears at the time of its last update, but a vanished name is not release proof. For a state sentence, statewide LAVNS and the DOC automated locator add the legal-custodian view. A community-supervision result supports release from incarceration, while a facility assignment points to continued custody.
- Collect the full name, date of birth, booking or DPS&C number, approximate booking date, and last known facility.
- Call Caldwell Correctional Center at 318-649-5600 and ask whether the person remains there. If not, ask whether the event was community release or transfer.
- Request the local custody or release record, including exit date and time, release authority, and destination notation.
- For a DPS&C sentence, search Louisiana LAVNS and call the DOC locator at 225-383-4580.
- Review the 37th Judicial District Court minutes when a local order, bond, time-served sentence, or probation term may explain the exit.
- Follow any transfer notation to the receiving jail, DOC facility, BOP, ICE, or federal court record.
A verbal answer may be limited and is less durable than a written record. Preserve the exact words staff or a portal uses. “Transferred,” “community supervision,” “projected release,” and “released” describe different events. The full Caldwell Parish released-inmate search and records process is available on the Caldwell Parish release lookup, but the center remains the first authority for this building's actual exit.
Note: LAVNS updates on a state schedule, so a recent physical exit may need direct facility confirmation before the status refreshes.
Caldwell Correctional Center Release Records
Ask for a specific record rather than “all inmate files.” Name the booking record and the custody or release record. Supply a full name, date of birth or other identifier, approximate booking date, and Caldwell Correctional Center as the facility. Requested fields can include booking number and date, release date and time, release type or authority, destination or transfer notation, disclosable holds or detainers, property acknowledgment, and a booking photograph if available.
| Record field | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Booking number | Connects the exit to the correct Caldwell Correctional Center custody episode. |
| Release date and time | Shows when the facility relinquished physical custody, if recorded. |
| Release type or authority | May identify bond, court action, time served, sentence completion, or state release. |
| Destination | Separates a community exit from transfer to another custodian. |
| Hold or detainer | Can explain why a person remained confined after leaving the facility. |
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 228 makes booking-information summaries open, but it does not promise every requested release field or photograph. Louisiana Public Records Law provides access to existing records subject to exemptions. Ask for electronic copies, a cost estimate, and a production-time estimate. If a field is unavailable or withheld, request the legal basis. R.S. 44:35 requires a written determination or reasonable-time estimate after the statutory response period; it does not promise full production within five days.
Caldwell Correctional Center Release Contact
The official DPS&C Caldwell Parish directory gives the facility's address, phone, and fax. No facility-specific records hours, release schedule, property pickup rule, exit door, weekend process, transport plan, app, or photo feed was verified. Call before travel and ask for current instructions. Staff names can change, so the facility line is more reliable than an undated directory name.
Caldwell Correctional Center
671 Highway 845
Grayson, LA 71435
318-649-5600
Fax: 318-649-5652
Call for current information
Caldwell Parish Sheriff Clay Bennett
201 Main Street, Suite 2
Columbia, LA 71418
Mail: P.O. Box 60, Columbia, LA 71418
318-649-2345
Fax: 318-649-5226
Email: cbennett@cpso.us
The facility call is best for immediate presence or exit questions. A written request creates a stronger historical record. For a state sentence, sentence-computation questions go to the DOC locator or time-computation line rather than a broad DOC public-record mailbox. Complete state offender files are generally confidential under R.S. 15:574.12, though limited facts and public locator data remain available.
Caldwell Correctional Center State Releases
The Transitional Work Program classification is central to this facility's identity. Louisiana reports that many state-sentenced people are assigned to parish facilities and that eligible people in local prerelease programs can take part in standardized prerelease work. Physical location does not decide legal custody. The DPS&C number, sentence authority, and live agency status determine whether the person remains under state control.
The DPS&C facility directory visibly classifies Caldwell Correctional Center with Transitional Work Programs.
That classification supports using both the local release record and the statewide locator for a state-sentenced person, while avoiding the false claim that the center is a state-operated prison. One source rarely resolves both the physical exit and the remaining Louisiana sentence status in a state case.
- Local custody record
- Best proof of when the person physically left Caldwell Correctional Center and where the facility sent them.
- LAVNS status
- Shows available Louisiana custody or community-supervision information, subject to its update cycle and record scope.
- DOC phone locator
- Can provide a facility assignment, contact details, projected release date when applicable, or an assigned Probation and Parole office.
- Court minutes
- Explain the judgment, jail credit, or order behind a local release without replacing physical-exit confirmation.
Note: A person can be physically housed in Caldwell Parish while serving a state sentence controlled by Louisiana DPS&C.
Caldwell Correctional Center Release Dates
A projected date is not an actual release. DPS&C uses the exact term “projected release date” for the current sentence calculation available through its automated locator. The date can change with sentencing papers, concurrent or consecutive judgments, jail credit, eligibility for good time, loss of earned credit, program credit, a hold, an appeal, or another court order. If no date is available, the official explanation may be that calculation awaits court paperwork.
Louisiana law changed for eligible felony offenses committed on or after August 1, 2024. R.S. 15:571.3.1 generally caps ordinary good-time diminution at 15 percent, creating an up-to-85-percent service framework with exclusions. It is not a universal calculator. Earlier offenses can follow different rules, and the sheriff or superintendent can have a role for qualifying parish sentences. Offense date, judgment, offense class, prior record, hard-labor status, and statutory exclusions all matter.
The modern statute screen is available from the Louisiana Legislature's R.S. 15:571.3.1 page.
The statute confirms why a sentence calculator cannot replace the facility classification office, sentencing minutes, or the official DPS&C computation.
Two Caldwell Parish Release Facilities
Caldwell Correctional Center and LCS Caldwell Detention Center are separate official entries on Highway 845. The first is at 671 Highway 845 and uses 318-649-5600. The second is at 701 Highway 845 and uses 318-649-2100. They share the fax number 318-649-5652 in the state directory. Similar names, close addresses, and that shared fax can lead to a wrong-facility request or merged web listing.
Confirm the last facility from the booking record before calling. Do not move facts, staff, programs, or release procedures from one center to the other. The LCS Caldwell Detention Center release route follows its own local-jail records path. Search results for Caldwell County in another state also do not belong to Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
What if both facilities appear in old records? Put the dated entries in order and ask each center about only the period it held the person. A later entry may show a transfer, but only the custody record can state whether the final event was release to the community or another handoff.