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West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center Inmate Mail Guidelines

Postcards
The West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center allows inmates to receive pre-metered postcards like the type purchased from the post office. They may also allow certain photo postcards as long as they have not been tampered with or contain images that may be considered to be obscene or violent in nature.

Envelopes
The West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center also allows envelopes to be mailed to inmates.

Postcards and envelopes MUST be mailed to the following address:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID #
West Baton Rouge Parish Jail
P.O. Box 620
Port Allen, LA 70767

Legal Mail

Send all legal Mail to this Address:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID #
West Baton Rouge Parish Jail
P.O. Box 620
Port Allen, LA 70767

Newspapers
Local or national newspapers may also be mailed to the inmate as long as they are mailed directly from the newspaper publisher.

Magazines
News, special interest or sports magazines may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher. Any magazines that contain profanity, weapons, pornography or other content that is adult in nature will be confiscated by the jail staff and will NOT be delivered to the inmate.

Books
The West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center allows books to be mailed directly to the jail from a reputable source such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million. You can order them directly from your computer and have them shipped to the inmate at the address below.
Books must NOT contain images or content that are considered excessively violent, pornographic or obscene. Any book that does not meet the West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center standards will be disposed of. No more than three books may be shipped at any one time.
Hard cover books will not be accepted by the jail due to their potential to be used as a weapon.

All newspapers, magazines and books are to be shipped to:
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID #
West Baton Rouge Parish Jail
P.O. Box 620
Port Allen, LA 70767

How to Have Remote Video Visits and 'At the Jail' Visits with an Inmate in West Baton Rouge Parish

To register and sign up for a remote visitation account with correctpay.com to communicate with your West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center inmate, follow the instructions below:

West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center uses the services of correctpay.com (aka JailFunds) for you to schedule and visit your inmate via remote video visitation.

You can ‘video visit’ your inmate one of three ways:

• Visit from your home computer.
• Visit from the correctpay VendEngine Kiosk in the West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center lobby.
• Visit by using the JailFunds iphone or Android app

Begin the process to schedule a visit:

• Register by creating an account.
• Add a payment method.
• Select Louisiana
• Select West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center
• Select your inmate
• Schedule a visit.

24/7 Customer Service - 855-836-3364

For all the information on remote video visits and 'at the jail' visitation for West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center, including fees, schedules, how it works and more, check out our Visit Inmate Page.

How Does an Inmate Make Phone Calls in West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center?

To receive phone calls from an inmate in West Baton Rouge Parish follow these instructions:

West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center uses the services of NCIC for inmate phone calling. It is called a ‘friends & family account”.

In order to receive phone calls from your inmate, you need to do the following:

• Register here, or by phone 800-943-2189
• Choose Louisiana.
• Choose West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center
• Select your Inmate.
• Enter the phone number your Inmate will be calling.
• Fund your Account. ($10-$100 at a time)

NOTE:
1.   You cannot receive any calls to your phone number from your inmate until both you and your phone number are registered.
2.  When you do receive a call, the number you will view on your phone from the incoming call is: 800-943-2189.
3.  When allowed by West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center, families can also leave secure voicemails for inmates to listen to.

Fees

• Adding funds to your account - $3.00 
• Cost of phone call of a Prepaid Collect Account - $0.21 per minute
• Cost of an interstate (ex. Louisiana to a different state) phone call NOT Prepaid - $0.25 per minute
• Cost of an intrastate (ex. Louisiana to Louisiana) phone call NOT Prepaid - $0.25 per minute
• Cost if you set up your account (or fund it) by phone using a live agent, you will be charged a one-time fee of $5.95.

NCIC Customer Service
Phone - 800-943-2189 or 903-247-0069
Email – [email protected]
Full list of participating jails.

For all the information regarding phone calls with West Baton Rouge Parish inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, fees, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.

How to Send a Secure Email or Text Message to an Inmate in West Baton Rouge Parish

To send a secure email message and digital photos to an inmate in West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center follow these steps:

• Register with correctpay by creating an account.
• 
• Select Louisiana, then select West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center, and then the inmate you want to send your message to.
• Choose the amount of money you want to spend, and input your payment method. The funds can also be used by the inmate to send a message back to you.
• NOTE: All messages between you and your inmate will be permanently recorded and seen by the staff and could be used against your inmate in court... So be careful what you write.
• Uploading photos to Inmate’s email
  Make sure the file size is less than 5MB.
  Also make sure your file is a .jpg, .jpeg or .gif.

For all information on how to Text/Email an Inmate in West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center and send them photos, check out our Secure Messaging Guide for West Baton Rouge Parish. 
24/7 Customer Service - 855-836-3364