Inmates and Families Information: Phone, Mail and Packages (Louisiana DPS&C)

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections page for family and friends, covering communication and money. Under Department Regulation B-08-001 each incarcerated person may keep an approved master list of up to twenty telephone numbers for family, friends and legal calls, updated quarterly; any number not on the list is automatically blocked. Prison phones are outgoing only, calls are collect, usually limited to 15 minutes, and no one can call in. Securus Technologies provides the service, with customer service at 1-800-844-6591, and calls to prepaid cell phones are not allowed. Letters must be addressed to the housing facility with the person's name and DPS&C number; packages, publications, greeting cards and postcards from families are not permitted and packages come only through Union Supply Direct. Cash, stamps and hardback-mounted photographs are rejected.