Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Inmate Lookup

Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Overview

Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, commonly abbreviated LCIW, is operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. The facility is located at 6923 Highway 74 in St. Gabriel, inside Ascension Parish. DPS&C identifies Kristen Thomas as warden in the facility research. LCIW's mission is framed around custody, control, care, and treatment of adult women through law enforcement and programs meant to protect the public, employees, and imprisoned people while supporting reintegration.

LCIW is a state correctional institution, not a local holding facility. The Ascension Parish Jail roster is the correct tool for people booked into APSO local custody, including some Gonzales Police arrests routed to parish jail. Once a person is sentenced to DPS&C custody or placed at a state prison, the state locator and VINE path replace the county roster as the main search channel. La. R.S. 15:824 also supports this distinction by treating people subject to confinement in a state adult penal or correctional institution as committed to DPS&C rather than to one particular institution.

The official DPS&C LCIW facility page is the facility-specific source for the address, phone number, warden, mission, goals, programs, and visitor or tour rules. The screenshot below is included from that official page.

Because the official page is a facility description and not a live inmate roster, pair it with Louisiana VINE when the question is whether a particular person is currently in state custody.

Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Capacity and Population

The facility map did not locate a published LCIW capacity figure on the official facility page. The correct population description is therefore qualitative rather than numeric: LCIW holds sentenced adult women in Louisiana DPS&C custody, including reception, custody, treatment, reentry, and program populations. The Ascension Parish Jail count of 542 public in-custody records on June 16, 2026 does not describe LCIW. It describes the parish jail roster snapshot only.

Ascension Parish is unusual for local users because a parish jail and two state prisons sit within the same parish boundaries. Physical location in Ascension Parish does not make LCIW part of the parish jail population. Records, movement, classification, programming, and visiting approval are controlled by DPS&C state prison rules.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women

Use Louisiana DPS&C and Louisiana VINE to search for an imprisoned person at LCIW. DPS&C's offender-information page says the custody locator is updated every 24 hours and supports searches by location, name, and ID or case number. VINE also supports custody-status notification registration. Do not use the Ascension Parish Jail New World roster as the primary tool for LCIW unless the question is about an earlier local booking before state transfer.

1. Open Louisiana VINE through the DPS&C offender-information route or the Louisiana VINE state page.
2. Search by name when the DPS&C number or case number is not known.
3. Search by ID or case number when those identifiers appear in court, custody, or family records.
4. Use location filtering to confirm whether the result is connected to Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women.
5. Register for notifications only through the official VINE path when release or status alerts are needed.

The Louisiana VINE custody lookup page is the public notification and locator channel for state custody searches. The screenshot below shows the statewide source that should be used instead of the parish jail roster for LCIW.

VINE results should still be verified with the facility or DPS&C when planning travel, arranging a visit, or resolving a time-sensitive release question.

Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Address and Contact

LCIW's facility contact information comes from DPS&C, not APSO. Calls about a state-prison resident, visiting rules, facility programs, or state custody status should be routed to the state facility or DPS&C resources. Calls about an earlier Ascension Parish arrest, booking sheet, bond record, or parish jail custody belong with APSO, the courts, or the clerk instead.

For local records tied to the arrest that led to a sentence, use the originating agency and court path. APSO public-records requests must be mailed by USPS to the sheriff's Gonzales headquarters, and booking sheets may be obtainable in person at listed APSO locations. Court disposition, sentencing, and commitment details should be verified through the clerk, court, or DA rather than through the LCIW facility page alone.

Visiting Someone at Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women

LCIW visitation is prison-style and controlled by DPS&C facility rules, not by the APSO parish jail unit schedule. State prison visits generally require approval before a visitor is allowed to enter, and restrictions can depend on custody status, disciplinary status, facility operations, ID, dress, contraband screening, and special visit approval. The research record also captures LCIW visitor and tour constraints: tours require a faxed request to the warden at least two weeks in advance, are held Monday through Wednesday from 9:30-11:30, are limited to 40 people, and carry strict dress, no-contraband, and no-camera rules.

Do not use the Ascension Parish Jail visitation schedule for LCIW. The jail schedule is unit-based for the Donaldsonville parish jail. LCIW is a state prison in St. Gabriel, and DPS&C approval rules control who may visit.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women

The research file did not extract a detailed LCIW mail format, phone vendor, or deposit vendor from the facility page. Because state prison communications are tightly controlled, do not import APSO jail mail or commissarydeposit.com instructions into LCIW. Confirm the current DPS&C mail, phone, money, and package rules directly through LCIW or DPS&C before sending funds or correspondence.

The most important routing point is agency control. APSO commissary and parish jail mail rules apply to Ascension Parish Jail. LCIW communication and money procedures are state-prison rules, and the facility can restrict or change those procedures for security, disciplinary, or operational reasons.

Reception, Classification, and State Custody at LCIW

LCIW is not a street-arrest booking site like the parish jail. A person generally reaches LCIW after court action and DPS&C commitment, transfer, or state classification. Earlier local booking records may still exist in the Ascension Parish Jail roster or APSO records, but those records do not prove current state-prison location. The state custody record should be checked through VINE and DPS&C.

State custody involves classification, program assignment, medical and mental-health screening, security controls, and release planning. The LCIW mission and goals emphasize basic services, medical and mental-health services, pastoral care, ADA compliance, PREA compliance, reentry partnerships, workforce stability, wellness, and ACA accreditation. These are state prison functions, not parish jail booking functions.

About Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women

LCIW's official program list is specific to adult women in state custody. The research record identifies Survivors of Domestic Violence, Living in Balance substance-abuse curriculum, faith-based programs, Big Sister's orientation for newly arrived women, Jaycees, Lifers, Culinary Arts, and Toastmasters. Those programs sit within broader goals around treatment, public safety, reintegration, employee safety, and institutional wellness.

The facility's presence in Ascension Parish can confuse records searches because local users may begin with an Ascension Parish Jail booking or Gonzales Police arrest and later need a state prison locator. The correct sequence is to use APSO records for local booking facts, court and clerk records for case disposition, and DPS&C/VINE for state custody after sentencing or transfer. Federal and immigration locators are separate again and should not be used for LCIW unless a different custody system is involved.