Women's Release Record Scope
The state directory's separate listing makes facility verification part of every search before any release conclusion is drawn.
Women's Jail Release Paths
Louisiana DPS&C lists Claiborne Parish Jail (Women) at 613 East Main Street in Homer. The current Claiborne Parish Sheriff's facilities page, however, describes the men's detention center and does not include a matching separate women's facility block. That omission should not be treated as proof that the women's jail closed. It means the first task is to verify where the named woman was held and which office owns the movement record.
A facility departure may represent bond, recognizance, a court order, dismissal, time served, local sentence completion, or a transfer. The legal meaning depends on the record. Bond releases the person from physical jail custody while the criminal case may continue. A transfer ends the women's jail's custody but begins another agency's custody. An entry that names a destination or receiving authority is stronger evidence than a name merely disappearing from the current roster.
| Possible exit | Confirm with |
|---|---|
| Community release | Sheriff release record plus court minutes |
| Another parish transfer | Sheriff movement record and receiving jail |
| DPS&C transfer | Local destination entry and state LAVNS status |
| Other-agency pickup | Holding-agency record and receiving authority |
Women's Jail Directory Difference
The separate listing is a useful local fact, not a minor naming issue. Search results tied to the men's detention center should not be assumed to cover Claiborne Parish Jail (Women) fully. Call sheriff dispatch at 318-927-2011 and ask staff to confirm the physical site, booking authority, and correct custodian. Use that answer to route the written records request.
The DPS&C Claiborne Parish directory is the official source that lists the women's jail separately.
The directory capture supports the facility's distinct identity while the sheriff remains the local records path. Preserve both facts when describing the result.
Confirm Women's Jail Releases
Start with identity and custody, not a broad name match. Gather the full legal name, aliases, date of birth, approximate arrest or booking date, court case number, and any booking or DPS&C number. Call the listed local line to learn where the person was physically held. The current Claiborne LAVNS roster may help establish reported custody, yet its list view is not a released-person archive and gives no list-level release date or reason.
Follow a short, evidence-based sequence:
- Confirm the women's jail as the actual holding facility and identify the booking authority.
- Search the official Claiborne roster with name variants and compare date of birth.
- Check LAVNS or VINE for a custody-status event from the reporting agency.
- Review Second JDC minutes for bond, dismissal, sentence, or release authority.
- Request the sheriff custody movement or release record and trace any named destination.
A VINE event can corroborate a custody change sent by a participating agency. It may not explain the legal reason. A court order can show authority for release, but it may not record the time jail staff carried it out. The sheriff's physical movement record links those pieces.
Request Women's Release Records
CPSO's published records procedure requires certified-mail submission. Send the request to Marla Rowe, Civil Deputy and records liaison, 300 Highway 146, Homer, LA 71040. Although the page lists the liaison's email, the explicit filing route remains certified mail. Retain the postal receipt and the exact request text.
Ask for existing records as kept. Identify the woman, the women's jail, the booking range, and known identifiers. Request the booking sheet and custody movement or release record, including the date and time of exit, recorded disposition, and destination or receiving agency. If an electronic non-alterable copy exists, request it. Ask for an estimate before staff begins chargeable work.
Published CPSO terms state that exact-document copies generally cost $1 per page and redacted pages needing legal counsel cost $3 each. Large requests may incur overtime after written notice and an estimate. The $15 money-order form applies to specific accident, incident, and address reports. Do not treat it as the price of a women's jail release record.
Women's Release Record Fields
A useful response answers who left, when physical custody changed, which legal custody ended, and what happened next. The agency may use labels that differ from the request. Ask for the substance without insisting that CPSO create a custom field or report.
| Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Identity and booking number | Matches the correct woman and custody episode |
| Booking and arrest dates | Defines the confinement period |
| Release date and time | Shows when the facility's custody changed |
| Disposition or release type | Distinguishes bond, time served, court order, or transfer |
| Destination or receiving agency | Shows whether another authority accepted custody |
Pair the jail record with the court docket when the event rests on bond, dismissal, sentence, or another judicial order. For a state-sentenced woman, use the DPS&C number to follow the state status. If another parish supplied the bed, obtain that parish's related record. One system's exit is not always the end of the full chain.
Women's Jail Transfer Records
Claiborne Parish combines several distinct custody settings: the men's detention center, the separately listed women's jail, a transitional work program, and David Wade Correctional Center. The local facilities may also serve people held for outside parishes or the state. This mixed structure makes a receiving-agency field especially important. It can resolve whether a roster departure was a community release or an interagency movement.
If CPSO records a transfer to DPS&C and LAVNS later names a state site, the records fit together. If a court minute authorizes bond while the jail shows another agency's pickup on a separate hold, the person may not have entered the community. A detainer is a request by another authority to take custody when the first confinement ends. Ask for it only where the maintained record notes one.
DWCC's regional role also helps explain split records. Its state operations support classification and sentence work for state-felony prisoners across many local jails and transitional programs. Physical placement in Claiborne does not determine which agency owns the decisive release calculation.
Women's Jail Release Contact
The facility listing gives 613 East Main Street, Homer, Louisiana 71040, and the local line 318-927-2011. Use the call to establish the holding location and request route. Phone guidance can solve a routing question, but it is not the lasting proof of release. The custody record and receiving-system entry carry that role.
No official source reviewed supplies a guaranteed release hour, public pickup point, family waiting area, property-return rule, transportation plan, or weekend procedure for this facility. Call before travel. Do not infer those details from practices at the men's detention center. The separate directory status is a reason to verify, not a reason to fill gaps with assumptions.
Note: Ask staff to confirm both the physical site and records custodian before mailing a woman-specific release request.
Read Women's Release Outcomes
Describe only what the record supports. A current roster hit establishes reported custody as of its update. A no-match is not a release finding. A court order establishes judicial authority but may precede physical processing. A VINE event shows what a participating agency transmitted. The jail movement record supplies the physical exit and disposition. A receiving system shows whether custody continued elsewhere.
- Community release
- A recorded exit that returns the person from physical custody to the community, possibly with an open case or supervision.
- Transfer
- A movement from the women's jail into another agency's custody.
- Release authority
- The bond, court order, sentence result, or other legal basis for the exit.
- Disposition
- The outcome written in the maintained custody record.
The Claiborne Parish release-record search gives the broader routing method for local, state, and court sources. Keep source dates and identifiers with each finding. When two systems differ, ask the office that owns the disputed fact: the court for its order, the jail for movement, DPS&C for state custody, or the receiving parish for its intake.