Richwood ICE Release Path
Richwood Correctional Center is the federal immigration exception in Ouachita Parish. The facility is privately operated by LaSalle Corrections and houses ICE detainees under Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans oversight. ICE inspection material identifies adult men and women of varied security classifications held for more than 72 hours. It is not OCC, a transitional work program, or a Louisiana state prison.
A person can finish a local criminal custody episode and then move to Richwood under immigration authority. In that situation, the parish jail can truthfully record a release or transfer while ICE custody begins. “Released by OCC” and “released by ICE” are two separate events. The first record must identify the receiving agency. The second must come from ICE or the federal immigration record. Treating the local event as community release erases the custody that followed.
Richwood ODLS Release Search
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or ODLS, is the first public search. ICE guidance supports two search methods. One uses the nine-digit A-number and country of birth. The other uses biographical information. Exact data matters. A-number formatting, name spelling, hyphens, multiple surnames, and country selection can affect the result. Compare the returned details carefully and record the time of the search.
Use this order:
- Search by the nine-digit A-number and country of birth when both are known.
- If needed, use the biographical method with the exact identifying information accepted by ODLS.
- Read whether the result indicates current detention or a release from ICE custody within the available window.
- Use the official facility and ICE channels to confirm the location, transfer, or release event.
- Match a prior local release record to the federal intake or transfer when both systems are involved.
ODLS includes current detainees and people released from ICE custody within the prior 60 days, according to ICE guidance documented in the research. It is not a permanent release archive. Once that period passes, the lack of a result does not prove that the person was never detained or that no release occurred. Ask ICE for the appropriate records route when a durable historical answer is needed.
Richwood Sixty-Day Release Window
The 60-day period is tied to release from ICE custody. It should not be measured from an OCC booking, criminal court judgment, or a move into Richwood. A person may have several custody dates in one sequence: local jail release or transfer, ICE intake, a move between federal facilities, and eventual ICE release. Record each event with its agency and date rather than collapsing them into one “release date.”
| Date or event | Where to verify |
|---|---|
| OCC release or transfer | OPSO booking and release record |
| ICE detention at Richwood | ODLS and official ICE or facility contact |
| Release from ICE custody | ODLS during the recent window and ICE records |
| Immigration court event | The responsible immigration case channel, not the OCC roster |
If a result disappears after the window, preserve any earlier query details and request the underlying agency record. A screenshot can show what the interface displayed at a particular time. It does not replace an official record, and it cannot establish events before or after the displayed ICE custody episode.
Note: Count the locator window from the ICE release event, not from release by a parish jail or criminal court.
Richwood ICE Release Contacts
The official location is Richwood Correctional Center, 180 Pine Bayou Circle, Monroe, LA 71202. No verified official source provides a public facility phone number, release-desk hours, or a routine release schedule. Check the ICE Richwood facility directory page for current contact and visitation information. Verify any number on the official ICE page before using it.
Richwood Correctional Center
180 Pine Bayou Circle
Monroe, LA 71202
Oversight: ICE ERO New Orleans
Operator: LaSalle Corrections
Phone and hours: Not verified by an official source
When contacting ICE or the facility, use the full name, A-number if known, country of birth, and the date of the ODLS search. Ask which public or authorized channel can confirm a transfer or release. Do not send private identity documents to an unverified address. Attorneys should use ICE’s published attorney information resources and the case-specific channel that applies.
Richwood Release Source Page
The facility directory is the official public starting point for current Richwood information. Review the ICE Richwood listing before contacting the site or interpreting old third-party details.
The capture documents the official ICE facility page at collection time. It does not reveal a detainee’s status and should not be read as an ODLS result.
Richwood Custody Changed Over Time
Richwood’s local history makes custody labels especially important. Reporting cited in the research says Monroe used Richwood as a city-jail contractor from 2001 through 2019. ICE inspection material says the facility opened in 1998, is owned and operated by LaSalle Corrections, and began holding ICE detainees in 2019 under ERO New Orleans. The current release path must reflect the immigration role, not the former city-jail arrangement.
That change also explains why an old reference can send a search in the wrong direction. A historic city-jail mention does not prove current municipal custody. An OCC roster search does not track ICE detention. Present-day Richwood status starts with ODLS and official ICE contacts. Historical custody questions should specify the year and agency because the facility’s function changed.
A local criminal case can end while immigration detention starts in the same parish. The two events may occur close together, but they remain distinct legal layers. Request the local release or transfer report to establish how parish custody ended. Then use ICE records to establish what happened within immigration custody. The Ouachita Parish release-record overview maps these separate systems without treating one locator as universal.
Richwood ICE Release Records
ODLS is designed for immediate location and recent-release questions. A documentary need may require an ICE record request. Describe the detainee, A-number if known, date range, Richwood placement, and the particular release or transfer event. Ask for electronic delivery and follow the agency’s identity-verification rules when requesting private first-party material. A broad demand for an entire file may encounter more exemptions and routing problems than a focused event request.
The agency that transferred a person to ICE remains relevant. If OCC made the transfer, its release report can document when local physical custody ended and identify the destination if releasable. If another jail, USMS, or federal authority transferred the person, request that source’s movement record instead. ICE then documents the immigration detention phase. Each record should be attributed to the office that created it.
- A-number
- The immigration identifier used with country of birth in one ODLS search method.
- ODLS
- ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System for current and recent covered records.
- Detainer
- A request or notice that another authority seeks custody or action.
- Release from ICE
- The end of the identified ICE custody episode, not proof about all later legal duties.
A no-result should trigger spelling, identifier, timing, and window checks. It should not produce a claim that the person entered the community. Confirm with ICE, counsel, or the record custodian that has lawful access to the event.
Country of birth and A-number should be taken from a reliable case document when possible. Guessing either field can hide the right ODLS result. If biographical search is used, preserve the exact spelling entered so later staff can see why the public search may have differed from the agency record.
Richwood Release Search Limits
VINELink and the DPS&C offender search do not replace ODLS for ICE custody. BOP’s inmate locator covers the Bureau of Prisons, which is also different from ICE detention. The Ouachita Sheriff app concerns OCC booking and release alerts. Each system can be useful within its own scope, but searching all of them without first naming the custody authority can create false matches and false release conclusions.
No sourced Richwood release count, capacity figure, routine release time, public waiting location, or property-return procedure was supplied. Those items are omitted. The ICE inspection supports the operator, federal oversight, adult male and female population, and detention longer than 72 hours. It does not provide an individual locator result or guarantee that current operations are unchanged.
Note: A current official facility page and a dated inspection serve different purposes; use each only for the fact it supports.