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South Louisiana ICE Processing Center – GEO basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 337-432-5493
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at South Louisiana ICE Processing Center – GEO located at 3843 Stagg Ave in Basile, LA are placed according to their custody level and are incarcerated by a private company contracted by a government agency and are paid a per diem or monthly rate, either for each inmate in the facility or for each bed available. The facility is well-trained and well-staffed. This doesn't come without some controversy as the "price of incarceration" is big business and critics claim there is a monetary benefit to keeping people locked up. The flip side is this facility undergoes rigorous inspections and are some of the be maintained in the US.
For inmates that show a willingness to learn new things, there are educational and vocational training programs here that will prepare them for a successful reentry when released.
South Louisiana ICE Processing Center (previously South Louisiana Correctional Facility) is a privately owned and operated prison facility by The GEO Group, Inc. located in Acadia Parish, LA. with a capacity of 1,000 inmates.
The facility previously housed inmates for Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, housing both male and females at a mix of minimum, medium, and maximum security, with a capacity of 1,048. In April 2019, GEO announced the signing of a contract modification with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the reactivation of the facility to house male and female ICE detainees awaiting immigration court hearings and deportation.
South Louisiana ICE Processing Center – GEO – Immigration Detainee Locator
If you need information about a detainee that is housed at this facility, you may call (318) 335-7500 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. When you call, please have the individual’s biographical information ready, including first, last and hyphenated names, any aliases he or she may use, date of birth and country of birth. If you need to get in touch with a detainee you must call (337) 432-5493 and leave the detainee’s full name, alien registration number and a telephone number where you can be reached. He or she will be given your message.
https://www.ice.gov/doclib/dro/facilities/pdf/basilla.pdf
visitation Info
South Louisiana ICE Processing Center – GEO – Visitation
- Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays: 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Special visits for ICE detainees may be arranged Mondays through Fridays between 9 a.m and 3 p.m. by submitting a request to the Warden.
- To ensure adequate time to process visitors through security, all visitors must be checked in by 2:30 p.m.
Visitors must present a valid verifiable government-issued identification card to enter the facility.
Visits shall not exceed 2 hours.
Minors who are visiting the facility must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 years or older). Minors must not be left unaccompanied in the waiting room, visiting room or any other area.
Visiting Restrictions
- All family or other social visits are contact.
- No firearms or weapons of any kind are permitted in the facility.
- If visitors are or appear to be intoxicated, visitation will not be allowed.
- All visitors are subject to search while in the facility.
- Visitors are not allowed to pass or attempt to pass any items to detainees.
- Visitors are not allowed to carry any items into the visitation area.
