LTCW Release and Transfer Outcomes
Madison–Louisiana Transitional Center for Women is a women’s transitional work and reentry program operated with the Madison Parish Sheriff in Louisiana’s local corrections network. A participant remains under correctional authority during the placement. Approved work, treatment, planning, or other community activity does not itself mean parole or final release.
Leaving LTCW can mean transfer to another facility, return to secure custody, parole release, or full discharge. Parole places a person in the community under conditions during the sentence. Full discharge ends the applicable custody or supervision term. The facility movement record supplies the destination, while DPS&C status and time-computation records establish the legal result.
Confirm LTCW Release Status
Start with LTCW, then follow the authority named in its movement record. Louisiana DPS&C uses VINELink as its public person-in-prison and supervision search. The DPS&C inmate-information page says the data are updated every 24 hours, so a new event can lag. VINELink is useful for current status, but a master-record request is stronger evidence of a past discharge.
- Use the full center name, the woman’s full name and aliases, approximate dates, and DPS&C number when known.
- Call LTCW and ask whether the recorded event was transfer, secure return, parole release, or full discharge.
- Request the movement or release paper with its date, authority, destination, and release type.
- Search Louisiana VINELink by name or ID and compare status, custodian, facility, and dates rather than relying on one field.
- Request DPS&C master-record and time-computation material when the public result cannot confirm the claimed event.
If parole or probation follows release, verify the assigned district. Tallulah has a named DPS&C district, but it covers six parishes. A person who leaves LTCW does not automatically report there. The assigned supervision record controls.
Note: A missing VINELink result can reflect lag, spelling, scope, or retention and cannot prove release by itself.
LTCW Release Records Contact
The DPS&C Madison Parish directory lists LTCW at West Green Street. Use the complete facility name in a request because Tallulah has several jail, correctional, and transitional program names. Ask which office holds the facility movement record and which DPS&C office holds the state master record.
Madison–Louisiana Transitional Center for Women
1005 West Green Street
Tallulah, LA 71282
Phone: 318-574-5740
Call to verify records access, current instructions, and visiting information.
No researched source publishes a release-record fee schedule or public records-counter hours for LTCW. Confirm the request format and any charge before sending payment. For a state sentence, include the DPS&C number and ask for the actual release type and date, not merely a projected date.
LTCW Prerelease Program Records
The DPS&C Bench Book describes women-specific substance-use programming at LTCW. It identifies a 90-day program and a nine-month program, along with prerelease and discharge planning. Those sourced program lengths describe treatment design. They are not sentence lengths, release calendars, or promises that a participant will leave when a program ends.
Discharge planning can address the transition toward community life, while prerelease work occurs before legal custody ends. A participant may finish one phase and move to another placement. Court action, sentence computation, parole decisions, credits, holds, or program status can affect what happens next. That is why the movement paper must be read beside the DPS&C record.
| LTCW event | What it establishes | What it does not establish |
|---|---|---|
| 90-day program participation | Documented treatment placement | Automatic release date |
| Nine-month program participation | Longer women-specific program track | Sentence discharge |
| Prerelease planning | Preparation for a possible transition | Release to the community |
| Facility departure | Physical movement | Whether custody ended |
LTCW Tallulah Reentry Route
The source-linked image below captures the official Tallulah corrections and supervision context matched to LTCW in the manifest.
The official source supports the local reentry and supervision route. It is not a released-person list and does not certify a particular woman’s discharge.
The Tallulah Probation and Parole District is a post-release confirmation channel only when DPS&C assigned the person there. It covers East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas, and West Carroll parishes. Give the office the person’s assigned district or parish rather than assuming an LTCW departure creates a Tallulah reporting case.
LTCW Name Among Tallulah Facilities
Madison Parish has several similarly named facilities, including the parish jail, detention center, correctional center, Madison Bayou program, and LTCW. This local naming density is more than a directions issue. The exact site name determines which office can retrieve a movement or release event. Preserve “Louisiana Transitional Center for Women,” “LTCW,” or the Madison-prefixed form exactly as it appears in the source record.
LTCW’s researched contact is 1005 West Green Street. Do not replace it with the highway or Treatment Plant Road addresses used for other Madison facilities. Call before visiting because the research does not establish public counter hours or gate procedures. When seeking an older record, provide both the recorded facility name and the custody dates.
- Placement
- A program assignment made while correctional authority continues.
- Transfer
- Movement to another custodian or facility without ending the sentence.
- Parole
- Conditional community release during a sentence.
- Discharge
- The recorded end of the applicable custody or supervision term.
Cross-Check LTCW Discharge Proof
A strong LTCW record chain begins with the facility movement paper and ends with the authority that controlled the sentence. The movement paper should identify the date, event type, destination, and DPS&C number. Compare those facts with VINELink’s current status. For historical confirmation, request the master-record portions for facility movements, sentence computation, parole release, and final discharge.
Program records answer a different question. They can document participation in the 90-day or nine-month substance-use programming, prerelease planning, and discharge planning. They should not be used as substitute release certificates. A participant can complete a treatment phase and remain in custody, move to another placement, or await a later legal event.
When the destination is community supervision, ask which district received the case and on what date. Tallulah’s office is a real local channel, but its six-parish coverage means the facility location cannot establish assignment. When the destination is another facility, obtain the receiving admission. Those independent records turn a physical departure into a verifiable custody path.
No official LTCW release feed was found. A current list, a program roster, or an observed absence cannot supply a permanent history. Use the exact center name, West Green Street contact, person’s DPS&C number, and date range in a written request. That precision keeps the inquiry distinct from the other Tallulah programs.
Request LTCW Release Records
Frame the request around one placement and one claimed departure. Include the woman’s full name and aliases, DPS&C number, approximate LTCW admission and departure dates, and the West Green Street facility name. Ask for the movement entry, destination, release authority, release type, and any receiving-facility information. A focused request helps separate the LTCW episode from earlier prison placements or later supervision records.
When the answer is parole, request the official parole-release date and the assigned district. When the answer is transfer, obtain the receiving admission record. When the answer is full discharge, request the master-record entry that reflects the end of the state term. Each paired record checks a different claim and avoids treating program paperwork as a sentence record.
Projected release information should remain separate from actual release. DPS&C computation may reflect sentence terms, jail credit, earned or diminution credits, forfeiture and restoration, court changes, parole action, or holds. A projected date can change. After the date passes, use the facility event and actual state status to determine what occurred.
LTCW Program Completion Differences
The Bench Book’s 90-day and nine-month descriptions refer to substance-use program tracks. They do not set the length of every woman’s sentence and do not say that graduation produces immediate release. Prerelease planning can begin while substantial custody remains. Discharge planning prepares for an exit, but the legal exit still depends on sentence authority.
This distinction matters when family or counsel knows a program milestone but cannot find a release record. Ask LTCW whether the milestone led to another program phase, a facility transfer, parole, or discharge. Then use the matching state record. The answer may also show that supervision begins in a district outside Tallulah despite the local program location.
The women-specific reentry facts make LTCW distinct from Madison Parish Jail and the other correctional centers. They justify questions about planning and transition records. They do not justify borrowing another facility’s contact, warden, highway address, program name, or inspection practice. LTCW inquiries should remain tied to its own official contact and DPS&C sources.