Livingston Work Release Outcomes
Placement in work release does not by itself end confinement or a sentence. The person may be permitted to work outside a facility while remaining in legal custody. A later event might be final release to the community, a move back to ordinary detention, a transfer to another program, release under parole or probation, or completion of the sentence. The official financial record establishing the LPSO asset does not provide person-level entries and cannot show that any named individual participated.
That difference controls the search. For a local Livingston Parish sentence or booking, ask LPSO for the booking, movement, and release record and compare it with the 21st Judicial District Court disposition. For a person serving a Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections sentence, use the state information line, Louisiana VINE, the time-computation record, and any supervision confirmation. Physical placement at a parish program does not erase state custody, and a state sentence does not turn every record into a county release record.
Work-release participation is not final discharge. Verify the later custody event and the legal custodian responsible for the sentence.
LPSO Work Release Asset Record
The verified source is a Louisiana Legislative Auditor-hosted LPSO financial report. Its Corrections Division capital-assets schedule identifies one “Work Release Facility” asset in each reported fiscal year from 2018 through 2022. That is enough to include the LPSO work-release asset in the Livingston Parish facility map. It is not enough to claim a current separate program address, public lobby, intake procedure, capacity, staffing level, or active participant list.
The distinction protects readers from false precision. Annual financial schedules track public assets. They are not custody rosters, release logs, or proof that a given person was housed at the asset. No current official LPSO page reviewed supplied a distinct roster for the work-release program. The primary TBS list is linked from the Detention Center page, while Livingston parish LAVNS is a current status and alert layer. Neither was documented as a dedicated work-release list.
No successful manifest image matches this facility. The failed PDF and flagged captures are not displayed here. A text-only treatment preserves the verified audit finding without turning an uncertain screenshot into person-level evidence.
Confirm a Livingston Work Release
Begin with the person, booking, and sentence rather than the facility label. Gather the full legal name, date of birth, inmate or DPS&C number if known, court case number, approximate program dates, and sentencing court. Those details help LPSO, the Clerk, or DPS&C distinguish one custody episode from another.
- Check the LPSO-linked current roster to see whether the person is presently displayed in the parish jail system.
- Search the Livingston parish LAVNS page and preserve any custody-change wording, agency name, and identifiers.
- Call LPSO at (225) 686-2241 and ask whether the person remained in a work-release status, returned to detention, transferred, or completed release.
- Mail a narrow LPSO request for the movement and release record tied to the booking and program period.
- If the sentence belongs to DPS&C, call 225-383-4580 for location and projected-release information and request the state computation or discharge record when needed.
- Obtain the 21st Judicial District Court disposition when the legal basis for the final outcome is unclear.
A current-roster absence remains inconclusive. The person could have completed community release, transferred, moved into a state placement, or left the roster because of a correction. Likewise, a VINE custody-change notice must be read as written. “Transfer” signals continued custody, while a reported release event still needs the sheriff, state, or court record to establish its type and authority.
The broader Livingston Parish released-inmate search explains how local, state, federal, and immigration custody channels differ.
Livingston Work Release Records
No separate work-release records contact, street address, information line, or office hours was verified. Route a local program inquiry to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office and state exactly which existing record is sought. The Detention Center’s official contact is the most specific verified corrections contact: 28445 Charlie Watts Road, Livingston, LA 70754, with main telephone (225) 686-2241. Call first because no public lobby schedule for release processing was found.
Detention Center: 28445 Charlie Watts Road
Livingston, LA 70754
Main line: (225) 686-2241
Public-record mail: P.O. Box 850, Livingston, LA 70754
Separate work-release hours: not verified
The LPSO public-records policy requires a written request sent through United States Mail. It must include the requester’s name, age, and return address. Provide the participant’s full name, date of birth, identifier, booking and court details, approximate work-release dates, and the name of the record sought. LPSO says other transmission methods do not count as received under the policy.
Ask for the releasable booking and movement history showing placement into or out of the work-release program, the actual final release date and time, release type or reason, releasing authority, and destination or receiving agency when recorded. Avoid asking LPSO to create an analysis. A request for identifiable existing records is more likely to be clear and searchable.
Livingston Release Request Costs
The posted LPSO policy does not state a fixed per-page fee, special work-release record charge, or guaranteed turnaround. After reviewing a request, LPSO mails an invoice with production cost. Payment is due before records are released. The policy permits payment by cash or money order in person at the Sheriff’s Office in the Livingston Parish Courthouse, 20300 Government Boulevard, Livingston, or by mail to the records custodian.
Louisiana public-records law allows access to public records subject to exemptions and applicable copy fees. Examination and copy procedures do not require a custodian to create a new document or answer broad questions. Some corrections, security, investigative, victim, medical, or supervision material may be withheld. Ask for segregated nonexempt portions when a record contains both public and protected information.
| Request item | Verified detail |
|---|---|
| Request method | Written request by United States Mail |
| Required requester details | Name, age, and return address |
| Published fixed fee | None; LPSO mails an invoice |
| Production | Payment is required before release |
Livingston Court and State Records
The Livingston Parish Clerk of Court maintains the criminal dockets, minutes, judgments, and related filings of the 21st Judicial District Court. A disposition can show the legal event that allowed a work-release placement to end, including completion, probation, a sentence action, or another order. It does not necessarily show the exact time a person physically left custody or whether another agency took the person.
The Clerk offers a certified parish-only record check that returns docket numbers, offenses, and brief dispositions. A specific written disposition route is also available. These court products must be paired with the sheriff movement record when exact custody timing is the question. A court minute and a jail departure record answer related but different facts.
DPS&C records control when the participant was serving a state sentence. The agency directs callers to 225-383-4580 for custody location, facility contact, DPS&C number, and projected release date when applicable. Louisiana VINE can report a custody event for adults in parish jails and state prisons. The state computation or discharge record is the stronger documentary source for final sentence administration.
Livingston Release and Supervision
Physical release may begin another legal status. A parolee leaves confinement under conditional state supervision. A probationer serves a court-ordered community term and may not have served a state prison term at all. A qualifying diminution release can carry an unsupervised parole-like status for the rest of the original term. Final discharge means the relevant sentence or supervision has ended. These terms should not be collapsed into “free” or “still jailed.”
- Work release
- A program or custody status that can permit work outside while legal confinement continues.
- Parole
- Conditional community release from a sentence under the parole framework.
- Probation
- Court-ordered community supervision, which may follow a split sentence or replace imprisonment.
- Discharge
- The end of the relevant custodial or supervisory status.
Livingston Parish felony supervision is assigned to the DPS&C Amite District. Misdemeanor probation questions go to the 21st Judicial District Court Misdemeanor Probation office. Supervision can support that a person is in the community under legal conditions, but it cannot replace the release record for the precise departure time and type.
LPSO Work Release Limits
No official source reviewed established a separate current participant roster, public entrance, release schedule, program capacity, property-return procedure, transportation service, or pickup point for the work-release asset. No claim should be made about routine release time, weekend processing, or how long property is held. Call the verified LPSO line before making travel plans.
Note: The audit schedule proves the public asset, while person-level participation and final release require separate records.