Locate Tensas Parish Transitional Work Custody

Tensas Parish Transitional Work Overview

The Louisiana DPS&C location page lists Tensas Parish Detention Center Transitional Work Program as a distinct official location entry. The same research shows the program shares the detention center address, phone, fax, and mailing address. Warden Nolan Bass is named on the DPS&C program listing. The available sources point to a local-jail-based transitional work program connected to Tensas Parish Detention Center, not a DPS&C-owned state prison and not a separate physical jail with its own online roster.

Transitional work or work release usually means eligible people in custody may take part in supervised employment or reentry programming while still subject to custody rules. The Tensas research did not locate a public eligibility manual, employer list, pay-handling policy, transport schedule, disciplinary-removal rule, or housing-separation description for this program. Those missing details should not be filled in from other parishes. The safe record pathway is to verify the person's status with the jail phone, then use the parish roster or Louisiana VINELink depending on whether local or state custody is involved.

This distinction prevents a common lookup mistake. The program appears in DPS&C's location directory, but that does not mean users should search it like a state prison facility page. It also does not mean the Tensas LAVNS roster has a special work-program filter.

The DPS&C transitional work program listing is the source that identifies the program name, shared Waterproof address, phone, fax, mailing address, and warden.

The listing confirms the official program identity while also showing why public verification still points back to the jail phone and state custody tools rather than a separate roster.

Tensas Parish Work Program Capacity

DPS&C did not publish a separate capacity, current population, participant count, or program-bed total for Tensas Parish Detention Center Transitional Work Program in the source reviewed. The Facility Map notes that the same address and phone are used as the main detention center, and the main jail capacity figure from Vera is not broken out by work-program beds. Treat the 600-capacity number as a main-jail figure only, not as the program's separate capacity.

Use the capacity and population figures for the main detention center only when discussing the Tensas jail as a whole. If a caller needs a participant count, a work assignment status, or a program transfer date, the public sources point back to the jail phone and DPS&C/VINELink custody checks.

Tensas Parish Work Program Lookup

There is no separate public roster for Tensas Parish Detention Center Transitional Work Program in the research. Public verification starts with the main jail line and the Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office Jail Roster. Because the program is tied to DPS&C's transitional work listing, also use Louisiana VINELink when the person may be under state custody or has moved from local jail status into a state-supervised track.

1. Call Tensas Parish Detention Center at (318) 749-5810 and ask whether the person is in local jail custody or a transitional work status.
2. Check the Tensas LAVNS roster for current local custody using Show All or the last-name initial filters.
3. Search Louisiana VINELink if the person is sentenced, transferred, or described as being under DPS&C custody.
4. Use the Clerk and DA for filed charges, court minutes, and sentence information, because the roster is only a custody snapshot.
5. Use BOP or ICE locators only if the arrest involved federal or immigration custody, since no current federal or ICE facility is mapped in Tensas Parish.

Tensas Parish Work Program Contact

The DPS&C work-program listing gives the same physical and mailing address as the main Tensas Parish Detention Center. It lists the phone as (318) 749-5810, fax as (318) 749-5811, and Warden Nolan Bass. The Louisiana Sheriffs' Association separately names the parish prison warden as Nolen Bass, using a different spelling. The DPS&C spelling is the better fit for the work-program listing because that source names the official program location.

The sheriff administration office in St. Joseph is still relevant for written public-records routing, but day-to-day custody, visitation, and mail questions for this program should start with the facility phone because DPS&C lists the same Waterproof contact.

Tensas Parish Work Program Visits

No separate visitation schedule was published for the transitional work program in the official material reviewed. The research also did not locate a separate video-visit provider, visit-registration portal, dress code, employer-related visit rule, child-visitor policy, or lobby schedule for participants. Since work-program participants may have movements or job schedules that differ from general jail housing, call the facility before planning any visit.

If staff confirms a visit, ask whether the participant is available that day, what identification is required, whether minors may visit, and whether any property can be left. Do not rely on a schedule from another Louisiana transitional work program.

Tensas Parish Work Program Mail

DPS&C explicitly lists the same Waterproof address as the mailing address for the transitional work program. No official source in the research published a separate mailroom rule sheet, approved sender list, book policy, photo policy, commissary vendor, phone vendor, online deposit system, or program wage-handling rule. Work-release programs can have extra rules about funds and employment pay, but no Tensas-specific rule was located.

Tensas Parish Program Intake

Work-program intake differs from street-arrest booking. A person may first be booked into the parish jail, appear in court, receive a sentence or custody classification, and then become eligible for a transitional work placement. The research did not publish the Tensas eligibility criteria, employer approval process, screening standards, disciplinary removal process, or transport rules. Those are operational details that must be confirmed with the facility.

Louisiana DPS&C custody can be part of the pathway, but the Tensas program is not listed as a state prison in the DPS&C state facility directory. If someone is no longer on the local roster, that may mean release, transfer, state custody movement, or a data lag. Use the jail phone first, then VINELink, and then court records for sentence or disposition details. A filed charge is different from an arrest charge, and a sentence is different from a program assignment.

Transitional work

Custody status tied to supervised work or reentry programming, subject to facility rules.

Local jail custody

Parish detention status handled through the Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office and jail roster channels.

DPS&C custody

Louisiana state corrections status, searched through VINELink for public location and notification data.

Tensas Parish Work Records

A work-program listing does not replace court and jail records. For the arrest, booking date, and custody status, start with the jail and LAVNS. For filed charges, pleadings, and minutes, use the Tensas Parish Clerk of Court criminal department. For prosecution decisions, use the Sixth Judicial District Attorney. The research notes that the Clerk's criminal department handles felony and misdemeanor filings, imaging of pleadings, notices, appeals, and court minutes.

For broader current-custody instructions, the Tensas Parish jail inmate records page explains the roster, phone fallback, state DOC, BOP, and ICE channels. The main Tensas Parish Detention Center page covers the shared jail address, roster, visitation gaps, and mail-money limits for the physical detention site.

About Tensas Parish Transitional Work

The strongest official fact about the program is its existence as a DPS&C-recognized transitional work location at the Tensas Parish Detention Center address. The research found no official Tensas program page with participant handbooks, employer documents, public schedules, recent litigation, closure notices, or program statistics. No current ICE facility is mapped in Tensas Parish, and no BOP facility is located there. Historic ICE-related material exists for the detention center, but it should not be used to describe current transitional work status.

The local geography still matters. The program and jail contact are in Waterproof, while the sheriff administration, Clerk, courthouse, and DA office are in St. Joseph. Someone trying to deliver mail, attend a visit, request court minutes, or ask about charges may need different offices depending on the purpose.