Rapides Parish Detention Center III Inmate Roster Lookup

Rapides Parish Detention Center III Overview

Rapides Parish Detention Center III, commonly called DC-III, is located at 7400 Academy Drive, Alexandria, LA 71303. The Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office identifies it as the facility that houses about 381 sentenced offenders. That description separates it from DC-I, which is the all-parish intake and pretrial facility, and from DC-II, which is tied to contract labor for public agencies. DC-III is still part of the local RPSO corrections system, so the parish inmate search remains the first lookup channel for current local custody.

The official contact list names Warden Ronald Goudeau, Assistant Warden Chris Winegeart, and Administrative Assistant Polly Brandly. The research file also flags a facility-specific money rule: DC-III no longer accepts money orders. Deposits must use the kiosk at the facility or CorrectPay, while RPSO also publishes broader TouchPay/GTL commissary channels. Because money rules differ sharply between DC-I and DC-III, check the person's current housing before choosing a deposit method.

The official RPSO DC-III page source is the Detention Center III content payload. It supplies the address, contacts, sentenced-offender description, visitation cycle, child-visit note, and money-order restriction used here.

Rapides Parish Detention Center III Capacity and Population

RPSO states that DC-III houses approximately 381 sentenced offenders. The research file treats that as a current official site payload figure inspected in June 2026. It is not an independently audited average daily population trend. The number should be presented as the facility-described housed population or approximate capacity/population statement. Since DC-III is sentenced-offender housing, a person's court status may be different from someone still waiting in DC-I for bond review or first appearance.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Rapides Parish Detention Center III

Use the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office inmate search for DC-III custody. The official RPSO inmate-search route links to the New World inmate inquiry at http://12.189.45.22/NewWorld.InmateInquiry/LA0400000. A sentenced offender in DC-III may still be locally housed, so do not skip directly to the state prison locator unless the parish search or the facility confirms a move into Louisiana DPS&C custody outside the parish system. VINELink can be useful for custody notification, but it is not a full court record or complete jail file.

1. Open the RPSO inmate inquiry through the sheriff site, app, or New World link.
2. Search by the name or booking identifiers available on the live search form.
3. Confirm that the person is listed at Detention Center III before using DC-III visitation, mail, or deposit rules.
4. If a record shows a sentence or DOC connection, determine whether the person is a DOC offender housed locally or has transferred to a state facility.
5. For state custody outside Rapides, use the Louisiana DPS&C offender locator. For release notification, use VINELink Louisiana.

Rapides Parish Detention Center III Address and Contact

Use the Academy Drive address for facility routing and the official DC-III administrative numbers for facility-specific questions. For recent booking questions, start with DC-I because intake begins there. For jail-record calculations, DOC classification and billing, parish probation, DWI probation, and parish-time questions, RPSO Jail Records is the relevant records unit.

Visiting Someone at Rapides Parish Detention Center III

DC-III visitation is scheduled for the first and third weekend, Saturday and Sunday, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The official facility detail also states that child visits are on the first Friday of each month. Because DC-III holds sentenced offenders and has its own schedule, do not rely on the Saturday-only DC-I schedule or the second-and-fourth-weekend DC-II cycle. Confirm approval, current housing, identification rules, and child-visit instructions directly with the facility before travel.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Rapides Parish Detention Center III

The official mail address for DC-III is Rapides Parish Detention Center III, 7400 Academy Drive, Alexandria, LA 71303. The key money rule is that DC-III no longer accepts money orders. RPSO directs users to a kiosk at the facility or online deposits through CorrectPay. The broader RPSO commissary material also documents TouchPay/GTL deposit channels at the GTL Financial Services portal, phone deposits at 1-866-232-1899, and facility number 271309. Because the DC-III page specifically names CorrectPay and the no-money-order rule, confirm the active option before sending funds.

Booking, Sentencing, and DC-III Placement

DC-III is not the starting point for most new arrests. Rapides Parish intake begins at DC-I, where identity, property, booking, screening, charge entry, bond review, and classification occur. A person later assigned to DC-III has usually moved beyond initial intake and into sentenced-offender housing. That does not automatically mean the person is in a state prison. Rapides Parish can house DOC offenders locally, and the Louisiana DOC location material has a Rapides Parish location entry. The careful wording is "DOC offender housed in a parish facility" unless a state facility transfer is confirmed.

For court outcomes, use court sources rather than a jail roster alone. A booking label may differ from the formal charge filed by the Rapides Parish District Attorney or from the final disposition entered in the Clerk of Court record. Jail Records can help with jail-specific records, DOC classification and billing, parish-time calculation, and probation-related jail records, but final court dispositions must be checked through the court record.

About Rapides Parish Detention Center III

DC-III's role is best understood alongside the other RPSO facilities. DC-I is the all-parish intake point and pretrial hub. DC-II houses offenders assigned to public-agency contract labor. TWP houses transitional work offenders employed in the community. DC-III is the sentenced-offender facility with a larger approximate housed population than the other two detention centers. The official RPSO updates noted in the research file also make DC-III the facility where the money-order change should be highlighted because DC-I's official page still mentions mailed or visitation-day money orders.