Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility Overview
Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility is operated by the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Mike Tregre. The sheriff presents the jail as the parish correctional facility for people held locally after arrest and for people held under state or other-agency authority while physically in St. John the Baptist Parish. Louisiana DPS&C also lists it as St. John Parish Correctional Center, or Sherman Walker Correctional Center, at the same LaPlace address.
The facility sits at 100 Deputy Barton Granier Drive, LaPlace, LA 70068. The sheriff's jail page says the facility opened in February 1997 and has 300 beds. It handles transport, feeding, medical care, adult education, and custody functions for parish and state inmates. The warden listed by the sheriff is Captain Kaiana Knight. For users trying to determine custody, the official path is the sheriff's jail page and the linked Zuercher roster rather than a third-party inmate list.
The official sheriff facility source is the parish prison page for Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility.
That source is the place where the sheriff identifies the jail, its 300-bed capacity, the warden, and links for parish prison inmates, LAVNS, and commissary information.
Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility Capacity and Population
The best facility-specific capacity number in the local research is the 300-bed figure on the sheriff's facility page, inspected June 16, 2026. A Louisiana legislative corrections report from December 2021 listed St. John Correctional Center and Parish Prison together with 312 capacity, so the combined state reporting line is slightly different from the sheriff's current facility page. The current online roster count observed on June 16, 2026 was 219 records. That is a live roster observation, not an official average daily population.
At 219 roster records, the observed count equaled about 73 percent of the 300-bed facility capacity. Because roster counts change throughout the day, confirm a person's current status through the official roster, the jail phone line at (985) 359-8716, or the Sheriff's Office at (985) 652-9513 before relying on the count for a specific custody decision.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility
The county jail lookup channel is the official St. John Parish Sheriff inmate roster. The roster is linked from the sheriff's parish prison page as the custody check for parish prison inmates. It is the best first stop for pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, parish inmates, Louisiana DOC inmates held locally, and people held for another agency while housed in St. John the Baptist Parish.
- Open the official Zuercher roster linked by the Sheriff's Office.
- Search by name first, then narrow with race, sex, arrest date, or an in-custody date within the last 30 days when needed.
- Read the row fields to confirm the person is in St. John custody and review the held-for agency and cell block.
- Use the hold-reasons text for charges, warrants, bond labels, judge-set amounts, and release-date information when shown.
The roster configuration inspected for St. John the Baptist Parish showed result columns for mugshot, name, race, sex, age, cell block, arrest date, held-for agency, release date, and hold reasons. It also warns that information can change quickly and may not reflect true charges, status, or other case information. The roster should not be treated as the final court record or proof of guilt.
The roster interface is shown in the manifest as the official inmate roster source at https://stjohn-so-la.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates.
This screenshot matches the lookup channel used for Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility and helps distinguish the official roster from arrest reports, court records, DOC search, BOP search, or ICE ODLS.
Roster, Records, LAVNS, DOC, BOP, ICE, and App Channels
If the roster does not answer the question, use a channel that matches the custody type. Call the facility at (985) 359-8716 for jail custody questions. Call the main Sheriff's Office at (985) 652-9513 for general sheriff routing. For older booking records, booking photos no longer visible, incident reports, or files that require review, submit a written request to Sheriff Mike Tregre at P.O. Box 1600, LaPlace, LA 70069, or email records.request@stjohnsheriff.org through the sheriff's public records request process.
For statewide custody and notifications, use Louisiana VINE. Louisiana DPS&C says LAVNS can locate people in prison or under probation and parole supervision and is updated every 24 hours. The DOC phone locator is 225-383-4580 and requires a DPS&C number or the person's name and date of birth. For sentenced federal prisoners, use the Federal BOP inmate locator. For immigration detention, use ICE Online Detainee Locator System. No BOP prison or ICE detention center was identified within St. John the Baptist Parish, but federal or immigration holds can still affect release from local custody.
The Sheriff's Office also advertises the St John Parish Sheriff Office app, with inmate, warrant, crime mapping, tips, alerts, messages, services, and support features. The app must not be used for emergencies; call 911 for emergencies.
Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility Address and Contact
Use the facility number for custody and visit questions tied to Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility. Use the Sheriff's Office number when the question involves records, general office routing, or an issue that may be handled from the West Airline Highway office rather than the jail lobby.
Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility
100 Deputy Barton Granier Drive
LaPlace, LA 70068
(985) 359-8716
Jail custody and facility information line
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office
1801 West Airline Highway
LaPlace, LA 70068
(985) 652-9513
General sheriff, intake, and records routing
Visiting Someone at Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility
The inspected sheriff pages did not publish a public visitation schedule, dress code, visit length, phone-call vendor, video-visit vendor, or attorney-visit schedule. Do not assume walk-in visitation is available just because a person appears on the roster. Call (985) 359-8716 before traveling, ask whether the person is eligible for visits, and confirm whether the facility requires an appointment, photo identification, visitor approval, or a particular lobby arrival time.
| Topic | Published Local Detail | Best Action |
|---|---|---|
| Public visit schedule | No schedule located in inspected sheriff sources | Call the jail before arrival |
| Video visits | No vendor or schedule located | Ask the facility whether video visits are available |
| Attorney visits | No public attorney-visit schedule located | Attorney should call the facility directly |
| Identification and property | Specific posted rules not found | Bring government ID and avoid unnecessary property |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility
The sheriff's commissary page says inmates may buy personal items, snacks, and sundries using personal funds. Deposits are documented through three methods: a 24-hour lobby kiosk in the Intake Booking lobby, internet deposits through Forecomm Solutions, and mailed money orders. A CCN number is required for kiosk and internet deposits, and mailed money orders must include the inmate's correct incarcerated name and CCN number.
The official commissary source is the sheriff's inmate money and commissary page.
That source supports the deposit methods below, including the cash-only kiosk rule and the warning not to send cash through the mail.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Verify current non-money mail rules with the jail. Money orders must include correct incarcerated name and CCN. |
| Phone / Video | No public phone or video vendor located in inspected sheriff pages. |
| Lobby Kiosk | Intake Booking lobby, cash only, all bills accepted, available 24 hours, posts immediately. |
| Internet Deposit | Forecomm Solutions, credit or debit card, CCN required, posts immediately. |
| Money Order | Mail only money orders, never cash. Posting may take 1 to 3 business days after USPS receipt. |
No local fee table was found for kiosk or Forecomm deposits, so review the vendor checkout before paying. Confirm custody before sending money because release, transfer, DOC placement, another-parish hold, federal hold, or ICE custody can change where funds should be sent.
Booking and Intake at Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 228 requires an arrested person to be promptly taken to the nearest jail or police station and booked. In St. John the Baptist Parish, the practical path is arrest, transport to the sheriff jail or intake function, property intake, booking entry, photo, fingerprints or identity steps, medical screening, classification, and housing assignment. The public roster may then show the person's mugshot, name, age, race, sex, cell block, arrest date, held-for agency, release date, and hold reasons.
Newly booked people may also appear in the sheriff's arrest report feed, but arrest reports are not the same as current custody. A person can appear in an arrest report and still be released, transferred, or held under a different agency label. For bond questions, start with the roster hold reasons and then call the jail. Examples in the research included no-bond entries, no-10-percent bonds, unspecified bonds, probation holds, fugitive warrants, and judge-set bond details.
About Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility
The jail has unusually specific public detail about its medical unit. The sheriff page says the medical department began as a 10-by-11-foot room when the correctional facility opened, later more than tripled in size, and was outfitted with federal assistance. The listed equipment includes exam beds, locking medication carts, and a patient medical filing system. The same page describes the medical department as a modern, fully functional first-aid and examination station.
Adult education is also listed as part of facility operations. Louisiana's broader local-level jail system matters here because St. John can hold state inmates locally, and roster sample records included LA Dept of Corrections as a held-for agency. If a sentenced person later moves to a DOC prison or another local-level placement, the sheriff roster may stop being the best locator and LAVNS/DOC becomes the more reliable channel.
Note: Confirm custody, visit eligibility, and deposit rules with the jail before traveling or sending funds.
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