The Jefferson Davis Parish Correctional in the city of Jennings serves as the prison for Jefferson Davis County County and other nearby cities. Jefferson Davis Parish Correctional is a county jail, serving Jennings and surrounding areas. Be sure to check that an inmate is at a location and can receive visitors before making travel plans.
Maintaining contact with friends and family is important for everyone’s health and wellbeing. Sadly, many prisons don’t make this easy. Phone charges of up to $14 a minute for long distance calls create a financial burden on inmates and the families who pay for these calls. A service from Globaltel helps avoid these additional charges by creating local phone number that an inmate can call that connects to your long-distance number. By eliminating the long-distance surcharge, inmates can talk to friends and family at the local rate no matter where they might live. You can set this up with Globaltel at Inmate Calls. To send mail to an inmate you can visit Jail Postcards.
Step one is to locate your inmate. Inmates may be in a local city jail pending trial or following sentencing before transfer to a longer-term state prison. Step two is to call the inmate. Gaining permission to visit a prisoner is often difficult. You’ll need to call an inmate first to learn what days and times and places they have been approved for visitation. Setting up phone service with an inmate will allow you to get this information directly so you can avoid any problems.
Jefferson Davis Parish Correctional is a county jail, so most of the inmates at Jefferson Davis Parish Correctional will be post trial convicts serving medium sentences that that were too long for short term police department jail stays, but not long enough to justify transfer to a Louisiana State prison facility. It’s important for inmates in County jail to have access to commissary funds to buy things like toothpaste and stamps for letters. They will also need funds for phone calls which should be made using a service like Globaltel’s cheaper jail call service at Inmate Calls to avoid long distance charges when making prison calls.
Jefferson Davis Parish Correctional is in the CST time zone. It’s important for families of inmates to help each other with information and tips about the prison facility they are in. You can leave comments and tips below about the best places to stay when visiting your inmate as well comments about any local service organization not already on our list of those available to help local families of inmates. We urge you to add your own comments about Jefferson Davis Parish Correctional below. “