The Detention Center
Jefferson Davis Parish Consolidated Jail
- Operated byJefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office
- Jail address1704 Hwy. 90 West (Shankland Ave.), Jennings, LA
- Also calledThe sheriff's Corrections page also refers to it as the Jeff Davis Parish Regional Jail Facility; the home page lists a Jefferson Davis Parish Detention Center at the office address
- Year completed2019, per the sheriff's Corrections page
- Former jailBuilt in 1964 and held 62 inmates, per the Corrections page
- WardenThe Commander of Corrections acts as warden (answers to the sheriff); no name is given on the page
- StaffOver 30 deputies in support roles, per the Corrections page
- BondingProperty, cash and surety bonds accepted Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; property must be in Jefferson Davis Parish; "All bonds have a $30.00 fee for the paperwork"
- RosterA current inmate roster is published on the sheriff's own domain, showing booking date, charges and bond amounts
- VendorsCommissary deposits via Tiger Commissary (kiosk at 1604 Hwy. 90 West or online; "An additional fee may be required"); phones and electronic mail via City Tele Coin; no call or deposit rates published
- State prisonersState prisoners held in parish jails are paid for by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections through a per diem to the sheriff under La. R.S. 15:824(B)(1)(a), stated as $26.39 per day in HB 143 of the 2026 Regular Session, which proposed raising it; whether HB 143 was enacted was not confirmed. That is state money, not federal.
- What was triedSheriff's home, inmate roster, Divisions & Services, Corrections, FAQ and Sheriff's Message pages (the message reads "Coming soon..."). No Jefferson Davis Parish police jury page was returned by search. Commercial inmate-lookup sites and a Jefferson Parish (22051) lookup site in the results were not used.
Source: Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office — Corrections · checked 2026-09-18
Transparency rating
3/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✗PREA audits — not published
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✓How to post bond
- ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year built2019 (completed, per the sheriff's Corrections page)
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsNot found
Since then
- Replaced a 1964 jail that held 62 inmates, per the sheriff's Corrections page
The Sheriff
Sheriff Kyle C. Miers
- Runs the jailYes — the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office Corrections division operates the Jefferson Davis Parish Consolidated Jail
- How the office is filledElected parish sheriff
- Statutory basisLa. R.S. 15:704 makes each sheriff the keeper of the public jail of his parish; under R.S. 15:702 and 15:703 the parish governing authority maintains the jail building and provides the jail physician
- Named onThe Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office home page names Sheriff Kyle C. Miers
- OfficeP.O. Box 863, 1530 US-90, Jennings, LA 70546; non-emergency 337.821.2100
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office — home page · checked 2026-09-18
The Judges
Louisiana district judges are elected in partisan elections to six-year terms. They are state judicial officers, not parish officials. Who sets bail at first appearance varies by parish — a district judge on rotation, a magistrate or commissioner, or in some parishes a justice of the peace — and Louisiana's bail statutes do not require that first appearance to happen in open court.
- The parish's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-18
The Parish Governing Authority
They maintain the jail building. The sheriff runs it.
- What they controlThe physical maintenance of the parish jail and the jail physician (La. R.S. 15:702, 15:703).
- What they don'tCustody of the jail. Under La. R.S. 15:704 the elected sheriff is “the keeper of the public jail of his parish.”
- The governing bodyNo governing-body page was found on the parish's own site
Notes on the record
- Louisiana has no general parish-jail inspection law. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections monitors compliance with its Basic Jail Guidelines at least annually, but only for jails that house state inmates for the state per diem; no public repository of those compliance reports was located.
- Jefferson Davis Parish (FIPS 22053; sheriff's office in Jennings) is not Jefferson Parish (22051); every page opened was on jdpso.org and identified Jefferson Davis Parish, Jennings.
- roster is yes: the roster is on the sheriff's own domain and, when opened, listed 171 people with charges and bond amounts.
- bond_info is yes: the Corrections page explains property, cash and surety bonds, hours, and the $30.00 paperwork fee.
- fees is no: commissary and phone vendors are named but no call, video or deposit rates are published.
- No beds, daily population, budget, PREA audit, housing contract, in-custody death or inspection report was found on the sheriff's pages.
- Parish seat from CCCarto's Louisiana parish-seat list (https://www.cccarto.com/countyseats/louisiana/), checked 18 September 2026.
- No Jefferson Davis Parish government page was returned by search or opened, so the form of government and its members are not recorded here.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Jefferson Davis Parish and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So is the parish governing body that pays for it.
Names verified 2026-09-18 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered