Cedarwood Transitional Work Program Overview
Cedarwood Transitional Work Program is listed by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections Calcasieu Parish location page as Cedarwood TWP for females. The listing gives the address as 1101 Canvasback Street, Lake Charles, LA 70615, phone (337) 439-5082, and fax (337) 433-7480. It is a transitional work program, often shortened to TWP, rather than a city jail, full state prison, or ordinary booking facility for fresh arrests.
That distinction drives the whole lookup process. A TWP is connected to work release, reentry, and custody supervision. The research file describes Cedarwood as serving female transitional work program participants. It does not describe the facility as the place where a person arrested in Lake Charles or Sulphur is first booked. New arrest records normally start with the CPSO roster or, for municipal custody, the city or sheriff path. A person in Cedarwood may instead be in a later stage of custody, where DPS&C and VINELink become more relevant.
The DPS&C parish listing is the best official image match for this facility. The listing is shown on the Louisiana DPS&C Calcasieu Parish location page.
The source places Cedarwood within the local corrections map and separates it from the sheriff jail roster used for ordinary current jail custody.
Cedarwood TWP Population
The official DPS&C listing identifies Cedarwood as a female transitional work program. No official capacity, average daily population, roster count, housing-unit count, visitation schedule, mail rule, phone vendor, or funds vendor was published in the sources inspected. For that reason, Cedarwood should not be given the parishwide Vera capacity number. Vera's 1,110 figure covers combined capacity across 12 Calcasieu Parish prisons and jails, not this one program.
Use the population label carefully. The people connected to Cedarwood are work-release or transitional participants, not a general arrest population. A person may still have a court history, state sentence, or local custody record, but the facility function is different from Calcasieu Correctional Center and Calcasieu Sheriff's Prison.
Search Cedarwood TWP Records
For Cedarwood Transitional Work Program, the correct locator depends on custody status. If the person is serving a Louisiana state sentence or has moved into DPS&C custody, use Louisiana VINELink, which DPS&C links as its public "Locate a Person Incarcerated" route. If the person remains in sheriff custody or recently moved from a parish jail, check the CPSO inmate roster and call the program or CPSO for confirmation. Do not expect Cedarwood to maintain a separate public arrest roster.
- Start with Louisiana VINELink when the person is believed to be in state custody or a state-linked work program.
- Search the CPSO roster when the person may still be in sheriff custody or recently booked in Calcasieu Parish.
- Call (337) 439-5082 to confirm whether Cedarwood is the right facility before travel or mail.
- Use court and clerk records for case history because a TWP listing is not the same as a court docket.
- Use BOP or ICE only if the custody question has moved into federal or immigration systems.
| Custody Situation | Search Channel | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| State custody or sentenced placement | Louisiana VINELink | Name, status, and notification options |
| Sheriff custody before transfer | CPSO roster | Current jail listing and charge link |
| Cedarwood participation | Facility phone | Program status and visit rules |
| Court case details | Clerk or DA records | Formal charges and disposition |
Cedarwood TWP Contact
Call the program before taking action that depends on live facility rules. The research did not locate public lobby hours or visitor check-in hours for Cedarwood. The same Canvasback Street address is also listed for CINC Transitional Work Program, so use the Cedarwood name and the female TWP designation when speaking with staff.
Cedarwood Transitional Work Program
1101 Canvasback Street
Lake Charles, LA 70615
(337) 439-5082
Fax: (337) 433-7480
Cedarwood TWP Visitation
No Cedarwood visitation schedule was published in the DPS&C parish listing or the other official sources inspected. Work-program visits can depend on program rules, employment schedules, custody status, sanctions, and approved visitor procedures. Call before travel and ask whether the person is eligible for visits, whether prior approval is needed, and which identification is accepted.
| Facility | Schedule Found? | Official Note |
|---|---|---|
| Cedarwood Transitional Work Program | No published schedule found | Call (337) 439-5082 before arrival. |
| Participant work schedule | Not published | Confirm directly with the program. |
| Visitor approval | Not published | Ask the facility before travel. |
Cedarwood TWP Mail
Official Cedarwood mail, phone, video, commissary, and funds rules were not published in the inspected DPS&C listing. Do not use the Calcasieu Correctional Center Smart Communications address for Cedarwood unless the facility or DPS&C confirms it applies. That CPSO mail rule is documented for the sheriff jail system, while Cedarwood is a state-listed transitional work program.
| Service | Published Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail address | Not published in inspected official sources; call Cedarwood first |
| Phone or video | Vendor and rates not published |
| Money deposit | Provider, limits, and fees not published |
| CPSO jail mail | Use only for CPSO jail custody, not by default for Cedarwood |
Cedarwood TWP Admission
Cedarwood admission should be understood as work-release or transitional placement, not street-arrest booking. The research found Louisiana R.S. 15:708, which authorizes prisoner labor and workday-release rules and supports the existence of local work-release systems. A participant may have first moved through jail, court, sentencing, classification, or transfer before reaching a TWP.
If the person was recently arrested, start with the jail roster or Sulphur municipal custody path, not Cedarwood. If the person has been sentenced or placed in a work program, use VINELink and the facility phone. This difference prevents the most common lookup error: searching a work-release program for someone who is still in booking or searching the jail roster for someone who has moved to state-linked custody.
About Cedarwood TWP
Cedarwood is one of the Calcasieu Parish transitional work resources listed by DPS&C. It appears alongside CINC TWP, Calcasieu Transitional Work Program, local sheriff facilities, and other parish justice contacts. DPS&C's broader mission includes custody, supervision, rehabilitation, reentry, victim assistance, and workforce connections. That context fits Cedarwood better than a normal jail booking model.
Because no separate public Cedarwood roster was located, use direct confirmation for travel and family-support tasks. Use court records for case status, DPS&C/VINELink for state custody, and CPSO for current sheriff custody before transfer.
Cedarwood searches can also cross into court and public-records work. If the question is why someone is in a work program, the jail roster may not show the full sentence or placement history. The Calcasieu Clerk criminal records path can show case history and minutes, while the District Attorney disposition process can help with prosecution outcome records. Those records answer different questions than the facility phone line. The phone line is best for current program status, visiting, mail, and release logistics.
Note: Call Cedarwood before visiting or mailing because schedule, mail, and deposit details were not published.