Sending Legal Mail or Official Documents to Grant Parish: Which Address to Use

Grant Parish Detention Facility is located at 485 Richardson Drive, Colfax, Louisiana 71417. Phone: 318-627-3724. Fax: 318-627-4113.

Which address you use depends on what you're sending: legal mail, regular personal mail for an offender, or official and business paperwork (including originals that need a signature). Each type goes to a different place, so here's how to make sure yours ends up where it should.

Legal mail follows its own rule at Grant Parish. It must be mailed directly to the detention facility, and only a legally approved entity (a licensed attorney of record) can send it.

Address legal mail clearly to Grant Parish Detention Facility at 485 Richardson Drive, Colfax, LA 71417. To confirm delivery details, call 318-627-3724 or fax 318-627-4113.

Regular personal mail (anything that isn't legal mail) does not go directly to the detention facility. Instead, it's routed to a central processing facility where staff will open it, scan it, and email it to the offender. Send personal mail to this address: JailATM.com, Grant Parish Detention Center, Offender Name / Number, 2252 Tower Drive Suite 108-251, Monroe, LA 71201.

Official and business documents go directly to the jail and must be routed through the Business Office. This includes items like checks, passports, birth certificates, Social Security cards, driver's licenses, and green cards. Use this address format so it's handled as a Business Office item: ATTN: Business Office - Offender Name / Offender Number, Grant Parish Detention Facility, 485 Richardson Drive, Colfax, LA 71417.

Official documents sent to the institution won't be delivered to the offender directly. They go to the Business Office and are held on file. One critical detail: if you include personal correspondence in the same envelope as official documents, that correspondence will be destroyed.

Sending an original document that the offender needs to sign or fill out (for example, endorsing a check or transferring a vehicle title)? Mail the original to the Business Office address: ATTN: Business Office - Offender Name / Offender Number, Grant Parish Detention Facility, 485 Richardson Drive, Colfax, LA 71417.

Once the Business Office receives the paperwork, staff (or a designee) will coordinate a time for the offender to review and sign the documents, assuming the offender agrees to do so.

Practical Checklist

• ✓ Identify what you are sending: legal mail, regular personal mail, official/business documents, or an original that requires a signature.
• ✓ Send legal mail directly to the detention facility, and only from a legally approved entity (licensed attorney of record).
• ✓ Send regular offender personal mail to the central processing address: JailATM.com, Grant Parish Detention Center, Offender Name / Number, 2252 Tower Drive Suite 108-251, Monroe, LA 71201.
• ✓ Send official/business documents to the Business Office: ATTN: Business Office - Offender Name / Offender Number, Grant Parish Detention Facility, 485 Richardson Drive, Colfax, LA 71417.
• ✓ Send transactional originals that require the offender’s signature to the same Business Office address.
• ✓ Do not include general offender correspondence in the same mailing with official or transactional documents (it will be destroyed).
• ✓ Write the offender’s name/number clearly and address the envelope legibly to reduce the chance of delays or returns.