East Carroll Detention Release Destinations
East Carroll Detention Center may release a person to the community after bond, a court order, time served, sentence completion, or dismissal. Yet local custody can also end through transfer to Riverbend, another parish, Louisiana DPS&C, a federal agency, or immigration authorities. The first facility has stopped holding the person in each of those events, but only some are community releases. That distinction is the central question in every East Carroll Detention Center release search.
The official East Carroll Sheriff roster displays a Released field beside Transferred To. A date and HOME point toward community return. A date with another institution identifies a custody transfer. The table has no release-reason, exact-time, charge, bond, or case-number fields. Ask the facility for the release or transfer event, then use the court file to learn the legal basis.
| Roster result | Careful reading | Next confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| Date plus HOME | Likely community release | Facility event and court order |
| Date plus named institution | Transfer, not freedom | Receiving custodian |
| Blank release field | No public release event shown | Facility and case docket |
| Name absent | Inconclusive | Records request and other systems |
Confirm East Carroll Detention Releases
Begin with the person’s full name and approximate booking date. Match date of birth, sex, and race in the roster rather than relying on name alone. Read transferred-in source, released date, and destination as one row. The roster can show where local custody went next, but its own disclaimer warns that the information is maintained for convenience and cannot be certified for accuracy or authenticity.
- Search the Sheriff table by surname or use its show-all option.
- Record the displayed release date and full destination without converting a transfer into a community release.
- Call East Carroll Detention Center and ask for actual date, time, destination, and release authority.
- Check the East Carroll criminal case for bond, dismissal, sentence, credit, or release order.
- If a DPS&C sentence or supervision appears, search Louisiana LAVNS and call the state locator.
The East Carroll Parish released-inmate search explains the wider fallback chain for federal, immigration, and older records. A court order may authorize release before jail processing is complete. Conversely, the jail may record a transfer date even though the court case remains open. Two-source confirmation prevents both errors.
Release check: A roster disappearance does not prove release. Confirm the actual East Carroll Detention Center event and any receiving agency.
East Carroll Detention Release Records
The Louisiana DPS&C parish directory lists East Carroll Detention Center at the address below. No separate recent-release page, facility hours, release door, property policy, or dedicated records form was found. Use the facility number for the immediate custody event and the Sheriff’s records path for a written request.
East Carroll Detention Center
219 Hollybrook Road
Lake Providence, LA 71254
Phone: 318-559-0087
Fax: 318-559-0171
For Sheriff records, contact the courthouse office at 400 First Street, Lake Providence, phone 318-559-2800, or mail a request to P.O. Box 246, Lake Providence, LA 71254. Sheriff administrative hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Those hours do not establish the facility’s discharge schedule. No local release-record fee or fixed production time was published in the reviewed sources.
The official contact-page capture can be checked against the East Carroll Sheriff contact source.

The source confirms the local offices used to route facility and release-record questions.
Request East Carroll Release Records
A release record should answer when physical custody stopped, by what mechanism, and where the person went. A narrow request helps the custodian find that event without sweeping in exempt investigative or confidential material. Louisiana R.S. 44:32 permits written, electronic, and non-in-person public-record requests. It also requires segregation of public material when another part is withheld.
Provide the full name and aliases, date of birth, booking or inmate number if known, and approximate arrest and booking dates. Ask for the releasing facility, actual date and time physical custody ended, release mechanism, destination, transfer agency, case number, detainer disposition, property receipt, and whether community supervision followed. Request the booking photograph separately because the local roster does not show it and article 228 does not list it as a mandatory booking-book field.
There is no found East Carroll release-record form, copying price, or guaranteed turnaround. Inspection carries no fee under R.S. 44:32, though reasonable posted reproduction or transmission costs may apply. If a record has been sealed or expunged, public access can be limited while authorized confidential copies persist. Note: Ask for existing records, not a newly created explanation or an independent sentence calculation.
East Carroll Release Court Check
East Carroll Parish criminal matters fall within the Sixth Judicial District Court. The East Carroll Clerk holds the parish file and links an eClerksLA entry point. A docket or minute entry can show a bond order, dismissal, plea, sentence, jail credit, probation, revocation, or later release-related order. It is the durable source for legal authority, but it may not record the moment the detention center opened the door.
Contact the East Carroll Clerk of Court at 400 First Street, Suite 3, Lake Providence, phone 318-559-2399. Use the defendant name and case number when available. If only the booking is known, first request the public booking summary to identify charges and the arresting agency. Then locate the matching court case.
A court minute stating “release” can still coexist with another parish warrant, a DPS&C sentence, a federal hold, or an immigration detainer. Confirm that the order reached the jail and that administrative processing ended. Report release on the named case unless the full custody chain proves community return.
East Carroll State-Custody Releases
A person sentenced to Louisiana DPS&C custody may remain physically housed in a parish facility. For that person, the local roster records only one part of the custody story. Use Louisiana LAVNS by name or ID and compare agency and date of birth. DPS&C says this system includes prison and community supervision and updates every 24 hours.
Call the automated DPS&C locator at 225-383-4580 with the DPS&C number or name and date of birth. It can provide a facility, projected release date when applicable, or assigned probation and parole district. Time-computation questions go to 225-342-0799. A projected date is not proof of actual release, and a community-supervision status is not full discharge.
- Release
- Physical custody ends and the person may return to the community.
- Transfer
- One custodian stops holding the person while another begins.
- Parole
- Community release under Louisiana supervision after imprisonment.
- Probation
- Court-ordered community supervision, often as part of a sentence.
East Carroll Detention Facility Context
Louisiana’s current directory separately lists East Carroll Detention Center, Riverbend Detention Center (Male), and Riverbend Detention Center (Female). The Sheriff publishes one Riverbend-branded roster for the local system. This means three official facility entries should be preserved without claiming they are three fully independent campuses. Start from the booking location and date, then verify the division that actually held the person.
A 2023 PREA audit described Riverbend as a Sheriff-operated prison/jail complex holding adults of both sexes at the male-listed street number. The directory still publishes separate Riverbend addresses. East Carroll Detention Center has its own Hollybrook Road listing, so its page and contact stay distinct. A transfer between these facilities can populate a release date from the sending site without ending custody.
Local history sharpens the terminology. In January 2026, eight people escaped Riverbend and were recaptured, according to the LDWF account. Escape is not release. Absence from a cell, a missing web row, or a news image cannot replace a lawful release record.
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