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Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women

St. Gabriel, Iberville County, Louisiana

Visiting schedules change without notice. Always call before traveling.

Call Visiting Office: (225) 319-2701 Info last verified: June 2026

Louisiana's only women's prison — a rebuilt facility at St. Gabriel that reopened in 2025 after the original flooded in 2016, holding all custody levels including the women's death row.

Statewide rules that apply at every Louisiana state prison

These rules are set by DPS&C and apply at every unit. The full list — including all permitted and prohibited items and the approval process — is in Visiting in Louisiana.

Dress code

No denim or chambray, no gray, blue, or white sweatshirts, and no white t-shirts (these resemble inmate clothing); no camouflage or BDU-style clothing that resembles officer dress.
Undergarments required and not visible. Nothing transparent; no swimsuits, strapless, tube, halter, or tank tops, low-cut or midriff-baring tops, or spandex, Lycra, or leggings.
Skirts, shorts, and dresses no shorter than one inch above the knee, with no revealing slits or holes.
No house slippers, shower shoes, or flip-flops — footwear stays on. No hats or head coverings except for religious reasons; nothing gang-related or obscene.

ID: Bring a valid photo ID for every visitor 15 and older — a driver's license, state ID, military ID, or passport. (A statewide notice says 18 and older, but facility pages say 15, so bring ID for anyone 15 or older.)
What to bring: Leave wallets, purses, phones, and cash in your locked vehicle. Each prison allows limited items into the visit — at Angola, up to $300 cash per family and specified baby items; some prisons allow vending change and one debit card for the JPay kiosk.
Scheduling: The incarcerated person starts the application — the visitor mails or emails it to the facility (faxes are not accepted), and approval follows a background check. Each person keeps up to 10 approved visitors, changeable every four months; the approved-visitor list is usually not in place during the first 30 days of intake (though immediate family may be able to visit sooner); and two visits a month is the statewide norm.

Full statewide rules: Visiting in Louisiana

Overview

The Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women is the state’s only prison for women, and it was rebuilt after a long displacement. The prior facility in St. Gabriel flooded in August 2016 and was evacuated, and for nine years the state’s women were dispersed to temporary sites — chiefly the former Jetson youth center near Baker, and a private facility in Tallulah. A rebuilt, $160 million LCIW opened on a new footprint at St. Gabriel in August 2025, engineered against future flooding, and the women have been consolidated back to it. The new campus includes dormitories, a medical building, education and vocational space, and a postpartum unit for women who give birth in custody. LCIW holds every custody level, is the reception point for women entering the state system, and houses the state’s female death row.

What Makes LCIW Different

It is the state’s only women’s prison, so any woman serving a Louisiana state sentence in a state facility is here.
It reopened in 2025. The population has moved back to St. Gabriel from the temporary Jetson site in Baker, and procedures at a new facility are still settling.
Visiting depends on custody level, including a separate schedule for death row — the women’s death row is here, not at Angola.
Pregnancy care is on site. Louisiana law sharply limits restraints on a pregnant woman — none during labor, delivery, transport, or postpartum recovery, and no waist restraints in those situations.

Visiting

The statewide DPS&C rules above — the approved-list application, the dress code, ID, and search rules — apply at LCIW. The posted schedule runs by custody level, all from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with no admission after 1:15 p.m.:

The full approval process is in Visiting in Louisiana.

Getting There and Parking

LCIW is on Highway 74 in St. Gabriel, next to Elayn Hunt, southeast of Baton Rouge.

Distances are approximate, based on map routing. DPS&C publishes no specific visitor parking details for the new facility.

Nearby Services

St. Gabriel is small; food, gas, and lodging are fullest in Gonzales and Baton Rouge, each within about 20 to 25 minutes. Our Lady of the Lake Ascension Emergency Room at 1125 Highway 30 in Gonzales is open 24/7 — and Baton Rouge’s Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the region’s Level I trauma center, about 20 minutes away.

Learn More

For detailed information about visiting and communicating with someone in a Louisiana state prison:

Visiting in Louisiana — the application, dress code, and search rules
Mail & Packages — letters only, addressed with the DOC number
Phone & Video Calls — the Securus and JPay systems
Sending Money — depositing to a spending account
Medical & Mental Health — healthcare, pregnancy care, and raising a concern
Transfers — intake, parish jails, and finding someone

Sources

This page is compiled from the following publicly available sources. Policies change without notice — confirm current details with the facility before relying on them.