Work Program Release Meanings
Bossier Transitional Work Program is listed by Louisiana DPS&C as a local jail operation in Plain Dealing. Its purpose and setting differ from Maximum and Medium, but placement still counts as correctional custody. Work-release or transitional status should never be presented as though the person has already been released from all confinement or sentence authority.
Completion can lead to the community with no further custodial placement, to probation or parole, or to a good-time supervision status. Departure for another reason may lead back to a secure center or to a different agency. The public record should identify the event and the next status. If the program list changes but no release, discharge, or supervision record appears, treat the change as unresolved.
Confirm Work Program Releases
For a state-sentenced participant, begin with the DPS&C number. Search Louisiana LAVINE by that ID or by the fewest reliable name fields. Compare the identifiers and last location, then read the status exactly. A result showing community supervision can support physical release from the program while also showing that correctional oversight continues.
- Save the person's DPS&C number, Bossier booking identifier if available, and last verified program placement.
- Open the matched LAVINE record and distinguish custody, transfer, release, parole, and probation wording.
- Call the DPS&C automated locator when facility placement, projected date, or assigned supervision district is unclear.
- Contact the program for the proper public-record route if public systems lag or conflict.
- For a parish sentence, pair the facility event with the 26th JDC sentence-completion or release minute.
A no-result page is not discharge proof. Try spelling variants and the telephone route. For the full local and statewide search sequence, consult the Bossier Parish release-record search.
Work Program Contact Details
The official DPS&C Bossier Parish location page gives a distinct contact for the Transitional Work Program. Call this number for a current placement question or to learn which custodian holds a responsive record. Research did not identify public release hours, a release gate, property pickup instructions, weekend processing rules, family waiting space, or transit arrangements. Those details should not be borrowed from Maximum or Medium.
Bossier Transitional Work Program
181 McCauley Road
Plain Dealing, LA 71064
Phone: 318-965-3531
Fax: 318-965-3537
The official Bossier Parish facility directory places the program beside the two local correctional centers while preserving its separate function. The directory verifies the office details. It does not publish a released-person archive or establish a person's final sentence status.
Work Program Status Records
Different records answer different questions after a program departure. LAVINE can show an agency-fed custody or supervision status. The DPS&C locator can report a facility assignment, a projected release date when calculated, and an assigned Probation and Parole district. A DPS&C discharge record can establish the state discharge date. The program or Sheriff event can document the end of the physical placement.
| Question | Record to seek |
|---|---|
| Did the person leave this program? | Program or local facility movement/release event |
| Did state custody continue? | LAVINE status and DPS&C master or facility record |
| Did supervision begin? | Community-supervision status and assigned P&P district |
| Did the sentence discharge? | DPS&C discharge date or release certificate |
| Was the person returned to secure custody? | Receiving-facility and transfer records |
Do not substitute a projected date for any of these events. A projection can change because of sentencing paperwork, jail-credit correction, earned or forfeited credit, a detainer, revocation, a new sentence, or an administrative correction.
Work Program Supervision Assignment
Bossier Parish falls within the Shreveport Probation and Parole District. After LAVINE or the phone locator shows community supervision, that official district is the contact fallback for the correct office assignment and public-record route. The district covers Bossier and Caddo Parishes. Staff may protect residence, schedules, appointments, and case details, so a request should focus on the responsible district and publicly available status.
Probation usually follows a court sentence. Parole or good-time supervision follows release from imprisonment under the applicable state rule. A person can therefore be physically outside the work program while still subject to correctional conditions. An absconder or warrant indicator describes alleged noncompliance; it does not itself prove a new arrest or current facility.
- Transitional placement
- A custody setting designed to support work and prerelease preparation.
- Parole
- Conditional release from imprisonment under state authority.
- Probation
- Court-ordered supervision, often instead of or after part of a jail term.
- Discharge
- The formal end of the stated correctional term or status.
Note: The assigned supervision office is a better source than the former program for post-release reporting details.
Bossier Prerelease Planning Records
DPS&C transition and reentry material describes prerelease planning that can include identity documents and work-program placement. Staff may help eligible people obtain a state identification card, Social Security card, and birth certificate. An arrangement with the Office of Motor Vehicles can support creation of a Louisiana ID within six months of release for eligible people. These steps explain why a program record may include preparation activity before the actual custody event.
Preparation is not release. A completed ID step, work assignment, or community-service link does not establish that the person left the Bossier Transitional Work Program. The event record must still show whether custody ended, supervision began, or the person moved to a different correctional site. Likewise, the Steve Hoyle Intensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program identified by DPS&C is a local reentry layer, not proof of a particular participant's release.
Request Work Program Records
When no public screen resolves the departure, request a narrow existing record. For a state sentence, identify the DPS&C number, sentencing court and case, offense date, and record sought. Separate the request for a time-computation sheet, master-prison record, release certificate, discharge date, and supervision assignment. Some portions may be protected, but Louisiana law identifies certain discharge and incarceration-disposition categories as public on request.
For a local Bossier event, use the Sheriff Public Records Request route. Ask for the placement-ending event, date and time, facility, event type, destination code and legend, and receiving agency. Provide the exact booking and a tight date range. A focused request reduces the chance that an ordinary transfer is summarized as a release.
Note: If the legal custodian is uncertain, ask the program which agency created the movement or release event before filing.
Work Program Court Link
The 26th JDC record can show the legal basis behind a parish-sentence completion, time-served outcome, probation term, revocation, or commitment. The court record lasts longer than a live program list. Yet it serves a different purpose. A signed release or sentence minute shows judicial authority, while the facility event shows when the program actually changed the person's placement.
For a state sentence, the sentencing court packet also affects the DPS&C calculation. DPS&C notes that official sentencing paperwork must arrive before a newly sentenced person's projected date can be calculated. Later amendments or corrected jail credit can change the result. This is why personal sentence math should not be used to declare a program completion date.
Work Program Transfer Checks
Maximum and Medium are nearby Bossier custody sites with separate functions. A participant may return to more secure custody or move through another placement. Historical records also document federal and immigration use of Bossier correctional space in earlier years. Those records are dated and do not prove a current 2026 contract. They support a federal or ICE check only when a destination code or case record points that way.
The strongest work-program release finding joins the placement event to the next legal status. Community release should match a discharge or supervision record. Secure transfer should identify the receiving facility. Federal or immigration transfer should identify the proper receiving system. Anything less remains a location change, not a confirmed end to custody.
Keep the last program placement, DPS&C number, exact LAVINE label, and event date together. This small record helps distinguish a later portal change from the release or transfer that the responsible agency first recorded.