Cedarwood Work Release Facility (Females)

Cedarwood Work Release Facility (Females) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 337-419-1982

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Cedarwood Work Release Facility (Females) is a medium-security detention center located at 800 Ave J Lake Charles, LA which is operated locally by the Calcasieu Parish County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Calcasieu Parish County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Lake Charles Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

Women at Cedar Wood Manor made the transition from prison and SOWELA is working with them, Dr. Joseph Fleishman, SOWELA's vice chancellor of economic and workforce development.

"They're exiting the prison system. They're moving into Cedar Wood Manor and they're learning to acquire the skills necessary to re-enter society, go to work, hold a job, change the behaviors, change the pattern, do something different — than the criminal activity that's going to result in them going back to prison," he said.

Fleishman said they're learning crafts to be welders, pipefitters, machinists and more — that are much in demand. He said there's a direct correlation between lack of education and incarceration.

Fleishman added there's a strong connection between the level of education women achieve — and how high their children will go academically.

The Corrections Division of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office is composed of two facilities: The Calcasieu Correctional Center and Calcasieu Sheriff's Prison of which the Women's Correctional Services building is an annex.

These detention facilities were constructed to provide detention, operations, and related services necessary for the protection of society. They provide incarceration as an appropriate deterrent to the commission of crime, are a method of guidance and treatment for incarcerated offenders, and assists the judicial system with evaluation tools and information for use when sentencing offenders.

The corrections division offers a variety of services to the community, the Criminal Justice System, and offenders. The services provided directly to the community focus on education/information and reparative support. The services provided to the Criminal Justice System are primarily logistical including the housing and supervision of offenders, sentencing options/reports, and intelligence information.

The most obvious services we provide offenders are risk management programs; these programs are targeted at criminogenic needs and are designed to reduce the likelihood of re-offending.

Health Services Unit

This office is responsible for management of offender health care delivery systems and administration, as well as, providing leadership as the department begins more intensive health care planning and cost-containment efforts. The Health Services Administrator oversees clinical supervision for medical and dental care, mental health services, and chemical dependency.

Prison Ministry

This department is responsible for ensuring that incarcerated offenders have reasonable opportunities to pursue lawful individual religious beliefs and practices of the religion or faith of their choice. Religious programming is provided consistent with security practices and principles, rehabilitative goals, health and safety, allocation of limited resources, responsibilities, and needs of the correctional facilities. The department also provides counseling and direction to employees of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office and to offenders incarcerated within the correctional facilities.

Records Department

This department is responsible for providing division-wide direction, planning, and coordination of all activities related to offender information management and sentence administration including interpreting and administering sentences, calculation of parish release and expiration dates, and maintaining information on all active cases for offenders incarcerated within the correctional facilities. This department also serves as the liaison between the division and the courts, attorneys, correction agencies, attorneys, law enforcement, and other agencies with regard to admission, release, and sentence administration.

Human Resources Department

This department provides consultation and direction concerning interpretation of personnel policies, grievance disputes, current staffing patterns, workforce planning, worker compensation, and labor relations. It provides support to supervisors in recruitment, vacancy filling, and determinations of job classification. In addition, it documents the department's employment actions.

Women's Correctional Services

Because female offenders represent a growing percentage of the correctional population it became necessary to formulate a gender-responsive program similar to that of their male counterparts.

Offender Education

This department is responsible for providing quality educational services responsive to the academic, vocational, and social needs of the offender population so as to improve their knowledge, skills and abilities to function as meaningful participants in the community.

Work Release

The work release program provides a structured transition period for offenders returning to the community with the intent of better preparing them for a successful, crime-free life. Selection criteria include current and prior criminal behavior, institutional adjustment, and alcohol and chemical dependency history. The program contracts with public and private agencies for residential work release services. Programs provide structured living and close supervision and surveillance.

Safety Department

This department is responsible for the management, development, and consistent implementation of safety and health initiatives that improve operational effectiveness and reduce costs for the division. This department directs the safety activities of the division through education, compliance, and injury reduction programs to help ensure a safe and healthy environment for employees, offenders, and visitors. The department serves as liaison with state regulatory agencies and advises department managers on policy matters, cost-saving measures, and system improvements related to safety and health.

Prison Transportation

The transportation department is responsible for providing the necessary level of security, supervision, and control for offenders who are escorted outside the institution and into the community. Prisoner transport includes escorts to and from hospitals, medical appointments, court appearances, forensic hospitals, and rehabilitation facilities. The transportation department is equipped to accommodate handicapped offenders and has the capability of transporting as many as 85 prisoners at any one time. The transportation department consists of 6 fifteen-passenger vans, 7 seven-passenger vans and 1 two-passenger escort units. All transportation vehicles are professionally marked, regularly serviced and designed for officer, public and prisoner safety.

visitation Info

Cedar Wood Manor – Visitation

VISITATION SCHEDULE

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Visitation is a privilege given to an inmate as first come/first serve based on the visitation schedule.  Conflicts or classification issues between inmates may also prohibit two specific inmates from receiving visits at the same time.  Please use the schedule to help identify and discuss convenient times for the inmate to request.

Regular Visitation | Calcasieu Sheriff's Prison

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Regular Visitation | Calcasieu Correctional Center

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 Trusty Visitation | Calcasieu Sheriff's Prison & Correctional Center

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