Webster Work Program Custody
The Webster Parish Transitional Work Program is a custody program at 1455 Bravo Boulevard. It is operated locally in partnership with Louisiana DPS&C. A participant may leave the secure site for approved work and return while remaining under a sentence and correctional control. Daily work movement does not establish release from custody, parole, probation, or final discharge.
Official records must identify the legal change. Placement in the program can follow confinement elsewhere. Departure can lead to parole or good-time supervision, full discharge, return to Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center, movement to another transitional program, or transfer to another facility. Each outcome has a different record. The facility movement entry identifies the immediate destination, while DPS&C time and supervision records address the state sentence.
Confirm Webster Program Release
Start with the program because it can identify whether the person remains assigned there or moved elsewhere. Then use DPS&C sources when the participant is in state legal custody. The sheriff's Corrections Division roster can help with a current local listing but does not serve as a lasting program-release archive.
- Contact the Webster Parish Transitional Work Program with the full name and any DPS&C or booking identifier. Ask whether the person remains assigned and which authority controls the record.
- Request the movement or release entry showing the date, disposition, and destination. Do not treat a return to Bayou Dorcheat or another program as community release.
- Search Louisiana LAVNS by name or ID. A result may show custody or community supervision, but DPS&C says participating data can update every 24 hours.
- Call the DPS&C locator at 225-383-4580 with the state number or the person's name and date of birth. It can provide the facility, projected release date if calculated, or probation-and-parole district.
- For completed state custody, request the public discharge date and disposition information under La. R.S. 15:574.12(G) from DPS&C.
A projected date is not proof that the participant left. Court paperwork, jail credit, good time, program credit, later court action, forfeiture, or another hold can affect the calculation. Record the date checked, then seek the actual release or discharge entry after the expected event. The Webster Parish release search provides the full path when custody may have crossed county, state, federal, or immigration systems.
Note: Active parole or good-time supervision means physical release with continuing Louisiana correctional control, not full discharge.
Webster Program Release Contact
The Louisiana parish directory gives the transitional-work program a separate telephone listing from Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center. Use that program contact for assignment and movement questions. The directory does not publish release-counter hours, public pickup rules, property-return steps, or a fixed release schedule. Confirm any time-sensitive instruction directly before traveling.
Webster Parish Transitional Work Program
1455 Bravo Boulevard
Minden, LA 71055
Phone: (318) 371-3554 ext. 234
Local program in partnership with Louisiana DPS&C
For a local booking or custody-movement record, the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office can be reached at 410 Main Street, P.O. Box 877, Minden, LA 71055, telephone 318-377-1515, or admin@webstersheriff.org. For a state discharge record, DPS&C accepts public-record requests through docpublicrecords@la.gov, P.O. Box 94304, Baton Rouge, LA 70804, or 225-342-6744. Direct sentence-computation questions to the correctional route rather than describing them as a general records request.
Webster Transitional Program Listing
The official DPS&C transitional-work listing is the manifest source for the image below. It preserves the program's distinct name within the Bayou Dorcheat setting.
The program shares the Bravo Boulevard address with Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center, but it should not be folded into the correctional center name for record purposes. Louisiana's directory lists a third entry, Webster Parish Jail at Martin Street. A caller should state the exact program and ask whether the person was assigned there, returned to Bayou Dorcheat, or moved to a different facility.
This naming step prevents a false gap. A participant may disappear from one program list while remaining in the correctional system under another location. A movement record that names the next site is better evidence than a single roster search.
Webster Program Time Records
The DPS&C automated locator is the clearest official public route to a calculated projected release date. It accepts a DPS&C number or a name and date of birth. The response can supply the custody location, facility contact, projected release date when applicable, or assigned probation-and-parole district. A missing date can mean the calculation is incomplete because sentencing paperwork has not arrived or processing remains underway.
The Master Prison Record is the authoritative sentence and time-calculation record supplied to the incarcerated person. It is not presented as an unrestricted public web file. Questions about a calculation follow facility records and the Administrative Remedy Procedure when appropriate. Program-completion credits can take time to post, so participation or course completion does not prove that the maximum credit was awarded.
| Record | What it answers | Key limit |
|---|---|---|
| Program movement entry | Where the participant went next | Movement may remain custody |
| DPS&C locator | Facility, projected date, or P&P district | Projected is not actual release |
| LAVNS | Reported custody or supervision status | Agency data may lag |
| Public discharge date | Completed state discharge when available | Request only the public statutory fields |
Webster Work Credit Limits
Louisiana release calculations depend on the offense date, sentence, exclusions, jail credit, good time, earned program credit, forfeitures, and later court action. For offenses on or after August 1, 2024, La. R.S. 15:571.3.1 generally caps ordinary good-time diminution at 15 percent of the imposed sentence for eligible people. Sex-offense and habitual-offender exclusions apply. The rule should not be reduced to a promise that every participant serves the same share.
La. R.S. 15:828 authorizes certified treatment and rehabilitation credits and uses the term “projected good time parole supervision date.” Eligible participants may receive up to 360 total days of certain earned credit. Some otherwise eligible people in a workforce-development work-release program may receive an additional 180 days. The statute says credit may be awarded. Enrollment, work, or completion alone does not prove that it posted to one person's record.
- Projected release date
- A sentence-computation estimate that can change and is not proof of an actual exit.
- Good time
- A statutory reduction for eligible conduct under rules tied to the offense and sentence.
- Program credit
- A possible earned reduction for qualifying completion, subject to eligibility and official posting.
- Parole supervision
- Community placement under conditions while Louisiana legal custody continues.
Webster Program Facility Distinction
The DPS&C Webster Parish directory separately lists Webster Parish Jail at 410 Martin Street and Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center at 1455 Bravo Boulevard. The transitional-work program is co-located at Bravo Boulevard but has a distinct title and telephone entry. The sheriff's public page foregrounds Bayou Dorcheat, while the state directory preserves all three entries. None should be treated as a casual alias for another.
A records request should specify both the custody episode and the program. Ask for the date the person entered Webster Parish Transitional Work Program, the date and reason the assignment ended, and the next location or legal status. This makes clear whether the person returned to a secure setting, went to another program, began supervision, or reached full discharge.
Note: Sharing an address with Bayou Dorcheat does not erase the transitional-work program's separate custody and movement record.
Webster Program Dated Context
A 2023 monitoring report for Bayou Dorcheat recorded capacity of 444 and a count of 566 at that inspection. Of those, 418 were in DPS&C custody and 148 were local. The report recorded zero federal prisoners and zero ICE detainees during that visit. It is dated site-composition evidence, not a current transitional-work enrollment count or a permanent statement about possible transfers.
The snapshot shows why state records are often relevant at the co-located site. It does not establish one participant's present status. Nor can it show whether someone later left through supervision, discharge, transfer, or return to a different correctional placement.
Webster Program Transfer Scope
No BOP prison or dedicated ICE detention center was verified within Webster Parish. The BOP facility-locator image matched to this page documents that federal scope rather than any Webster program release list. See the official BOP facility locator that supplied it.
A federal or immigration hold would turn departure from the program into a transfer, not community release. BOP addresses federal sentences, while ICE ODLS addresses current immigration detention. Neither replaces the Webster program movement entry or Louisiana DPS&C time record. The local record should first name the receiving authority.
Request Webster Program Discharge Proof
For a facility request, identify the full name, DPS&C or booking number, approximate program dates, and the Webster Parish Transitional Work Program. Ask for the public movement or release entry, date, disposition, and destination. If the person went to community supervision, ask which probation-and-parole district received the case. If the person returned to custody, name that as a transfer.
For state completion, La. R.S. 15:574.12(G) permits a request for specified public information including disposition and discharge date. DPS&C's full prison record and many correctional materials remain confidential, so a narrow request for the public fields is stronger than a demand for the whole file. Ask for a cost estimate because no fixed fee for this specific request was found.
Keep three dates separate: the day outside work began, the day program assignment ended, and the day state custody or supervision ended. They can be different. Only the responsible record can support each one. That separation is the most reliable way to describe a Webster Parish Transitional Work Program outcome without turning custody participation into an unsupported release claim.