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Located in Winnfield, LA, Winn Correctional operates as a private contractor with various government agency agreements providing state-minimum custody requirements. Programs are offered to all custody levels, including work release residents focused on reentry success. With a strong emphasis on rehabilitation, Winn Correctional provides comprehensive educational and vocational opportunities. Onsite amenities include dietary, health, fitness, educational, religious, and recreational services. Regular inspections ensure compliance with government standards, ensuring the facility's continued operation.
The Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, is a large privately operated correctional facility that houses ICE detainees under contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Operated by LaSalle Corrections, the facility serves multiple correctional functions, including state incarceration, federal detention partnerships, and immigration detention operations tied to ICE enforcement activity throughout Louisiana and the broader Gulf South region. Located in rural north-central Louisiana, the correctional center has become part of the state’s extensive immigration detention infrastructure, routinely housing detainees awaiting deportation proceedings, asylum hearings, immigration court actions, or federal transfer to other detention facilities.
The correctional center maintains a rated capacity of roughly 1,500 inmates and detainees, making it one of the larger correctional facilities operating in Louisiana. Originally opened in 1989, Winn Correctional Center was historically known as the first privately operated state prison in the United States under a contract with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Over the years, the facility evolved into a multi-purpose correctional complex capable of housing state inmates, federal detainees, and ICE detainees under various detention agreements. The sprawling campus includes secure housing units, intake and processing systems, transportation infrastructure, medical services, attorney visitation areas, recreation sections, and specialized inmate management operations designed for long-term detention. Use the ICE Detainee Locator to find an individual you think might be held here.
ICE Detainee Information
This facility holds immigration detainees under an active contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in addition to its regular population. ICE detainees are civil immigration detainees, not criminal defendants, and are held while their immigration cases are processed. The rules, rights, and services that apply to ICE detainees differ from those that apply to the general jail population.
To locate an ICE detainee at this facility, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator at locator.ice.gov. You will need the detainee's A-Number, a nine-digit Alien Registration Number that appears on any immigration document they have received. If the A-Number has fewer than nine digits, add zeros at the beginning. If you do not have the A-Number, you can search using the detainee's full legal name, country of birth, and date of birth. Names must be an exact match; try variations if the first search returns no results.
Immigration bond works differently from criminal bail. Not all detainees are eligible for bond; those with certain criminal convictions or prior deportation orders may be subject to mandatory detention. For those who are eligible, bond is set by an immigration judge and typically ranges from $1,500 to over $10,000. Bond must be paid in full before release. An immigration attorney can request a bond hearing and argue for a lower amount based on the detainee's circumstances.
Unlike criminal defendants, ICE detainees do not have the right to a government-appointed attorney. They must hire a private immigration attorney or find free legal help through a nonprofit organization. RAICES provides legal services and bond assistance at raicestexas.org. The National Immigrant Justice Center offers free legal representation at immigrantjustice.org. Many immigration courts also maintain a list of free and low-cost legal service providers available to detainees upon request.
ICE transfers detainees between facilities frequently and with little advance notice, sometimes to locations far from family and legal counsel. If you cannot locate your family member through this page, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator again at locator.ice.gov with their A-Number. If they have an attorney, notify the attorney immediately as transfers affect court appearances and case timelines.
The facility operates within Winn Parish, where countywide law enforcement responsibilities fall under the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office, currently led by Sheriff Cranford Jordan. While Winn Correctional Center itself operates through private management agreements rather than direct sheriff control, local law enforcement agencies remain connected to emergency response coordination, inmate transportation support, and broader regional public safety operations surrounding the facility. Correctional operations have long played an important economic role in Winn Parish, with the detention center serving as one of the area’s major employers and generating substantial correctional staffing opportunities in the rural community.
Winn Correctional Center has periodically received national attention from journalists, attorneys, immigration advocates, and oversight organizations examining detention conditions within Louisiana’s immigration detention network. Reports over the years have raised concerns involving healthcare access, staffing shortages, prolonged detention periods, and detainee treatment practices common within large privately operated detention centers. Louisiana’s extensive use of rural correctional facilities for immigration detention has also drawn scrutiny because many detainees are housed far from major legal aid organizations and immigration attorney networks, creating additional challenges for detainees navigating federal immigration proceedings.
Despite ongoing controversy surrounding private detention operations nationwide, Winn Correctional Center remains an active component of ICE’s broader detention infrastructure across Louisiana and the southern United States. Federal authorities continue utilizing the facility to house detainees transferred from border regions, county jails, and immigration enforcement operations occurring throughout multiple states. Its large detention capacity, secure correctional infrastructure, and longstanding federal detention partnerships allow DHS and ICE to maintain substantial detention flexibility within Louisiana’s highly active immigration detention system. As immigration enforcement priorities continue evolving nationwide, Winn Correctional Center is expected to remain one of the more significant ICE detention partners operating in the region.
All individuals with an inmate incarcerated in this facility are encouraged to review the Louisiana Information Handbook for Friends and Families, a comprehensive 48-page guide covering various aspects of inmate incarceration. This handbook provides valuable information ranging from what occurs during an individual's initial entry to contact details for communication, support, and visitation with an inmate. It serves as a vital resource to ensure individuals understand procedures and available support services during their loved one's incarceration.
